YouGov/Sun - CON 27, LAB 38, LD 11, UKIP 17

The Sun have tweeted out tonight's YouGov figures and they confirm the UKIP boost we saw in yesterday's poll. Topline voting intention is CON 27%, LAB 38%, LDEM 11%, UKIP 17%.

The 17 points for UKIP is, obviously, once again their highest. This has a knock on effect for Labour and the Conservatives: the Labour score of 38% is the lowest that YouGov have shown them at for over a year (the last time they were that low was February 2012), the Conservative score of 27% is the lowest YouGov have shown them this Parliament (and, indeed, ever - you have to go back to before YouGov started regular polling in 2002 to find that sort of level of Tory support).

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