YouGov/Sun - CON 34, LAB 42, LD 11, UKIP 7

Tonight's YouGov poll for the Sun has topline figures of CON 34%, LAB 42%, LDEM 11%, Others 13% (including UKIP on 7%) - the Labour lead is down to 8 points, but is still well within the margin of error of the ten point lead that YouGov have been showing for the last week or so.

Earlier on today YouGov also released polling conducted yesterday on some of the welfare changes David Cameron floated in his speech yesterday. 53% of respondents said they suppoted withdrawing housing benefit from the great majority of people under the age of 25, with 37% opposed. 59% of people supported reducing benefits for families with three or more children, 30% were opposed.

UPDATE: The YouGov poll today also covers attitudes towards reform of the House of Lords. The @Sun_Politics team have already tweeted some results: 76% people think the Lords should be partially or wholly elected, but in a separate question, 52% said reforming the Lords should not be a priority now. Full results will be up tomorrow morning.

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