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A second poll out tonight comes from YouGov in the Sunday Times. The topline figures, with changes from YouGov's last poll taken the day of the pre-budget report, are CON 41%(+1), LAB 35%(-1), LDEM 15(+1). The poll was conducted on the 11th and 12th December.

While there is a slight increase in the Conservative lead, there is no significant change here. The Tory lead is in he same sort of ballpark as Populus's 4 point lead last week and along with Populus it suggests that, if those big double-point leads from ICM and Ipsos MORI were meaningful and not just a co-incidence, then any boost the Conservatives got straight after the PBR faded away once the agenda moved on to Damian Green and other matters.

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