Latest Populus and Ashcroft polls

A quick update with our regular Monday polls from Populus and Lord Ashcroft:

Populus's topline figures today were CON 35%, LAB 37%, LDEM 9%, UKIP 12%, GRN 3%. Tabs are here. Ashcroft's figures are CON 30%, LAB 33%, LDEM 8%, UKIP 18%, GRN 6%. Tabs are here.

Lord Ashcroft's weekly polls are now pausing for the summer holidays, they are back on September 8th. I don't know if Populus are doing the same (they often used to when they did telephone polls, but last year they continued with their online polls through the summer), certainly the daily YouGov polls will be rolling on as usual for August - they normally only stop for the Christmas and New Year period.

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