Monday round up

D minus 24 Today's polls: YouGov/Sun (11th-12th Apr) CON 39%(+2), LAB 33%(+2), LDEM 20%(nc) ComRes/Independent/ITV (10th-11th Apr) CON 37%(-2), LAB 30%(-2), LDEM 20%(+4) ICM/Guardian (9th-11th Apr) CON 37%(-1), LAB 31%(+1), LDEM 20%(-1) Opinium/Express (dates TBC) CON 39%(nc), LAB 31%(+2), LDEM 17%(nc)

Four new polls tonight. Looking at the broader picture there does seem to have been a slight trend back towards Labour from the higher scores we saw last week. Labour are creeping upwards, possibly at the expense of the minor parties.

I didn't have chance to do a big round up on Sunday, so I missed some of the other questions in the YouGov/Sunday Times poll here, which actually addressed some of the issues of the last week that we haven't seen a whole lot of polling on.

On national insurance 46% of people supported the Conservative proposal to partially cancel the rise in NI payments, with 38% disagreeing (very close to the ComRes figures today). However, YouGov then asked what people would prefer if they had to choose - a rise in NI, or a rise in VAT. Put like that, 55% would rather have the NI compared to 28% who would opt for the VAT. Secondly YouGov asked about Chris Grayling's comments on whether B&B owners should have the right to exclude gay couples. 37% of people agreed that B&B owners should be able to, 55% said that they should not.

Finally YouGov asked which groups would benefit from a Conservative government and from a Labour government. The Conservatives were seen as benefitting the rich (47%), married couples (37%) and hard-working men and women (30%). Labour were seen as likely to benefit immigrants (39%), single parents (37%) and the poor (29%).

Another interesting finding from the weekend that I missed were best Chancellor questions in the ICM/Sunday Telegraph poll and the ComRes/Sunday Independent school - both showed Alistair Darling topping the poll as best Chancellor, as opposed to polls a few weeks back that consistently showed Vince Cable ahead. Figures were 28% Darling, 25% Cable and 17% Osborne in ICM, and 23% Darling, 21% Cable and 19% Osborne in ComRes.

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