YouGov/Sun - CON 34%, LAB 35%, LD 11%, UKIP 11%

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Following on from last night's YouGov poll showing the Conservatives and Labour neck and neck on 36%, tonight's again has them very close. The topline figures are Con 34%, Lab 35%, Lib Dems 11%, UKIP 11%. I rather expected that last night's figures would turn out to be an outlier and we'd be back to a three or four point lead today, but it looks like something might be afoot.

It is, of course, conference season and 11% is at the top end of YouGov's recent range for the Lib Dems. Perhaps what we're seeing is a slight Lib Dem conference bounce at Labour's expense (or perhaps the conference of one of the two governing parties has helped them both!). Either way, polls during conference season go and up down and it rarely pays to get too excited about them. The faltering lead is hardly a good start for Labour's conference, but next week they'll probably get their own boost from their own conference publicity.