YouGov/Sunday Times - CON 32, LAB 37, LD 9, UKIP 13
YouGov's weekly poll for the Sunday Times is up here. Topline figures are CON 32%, LAB 37%, LDEM 9%, UKIP 13%.
There are some questions on perceptions of Cameron and Miliband, but they don't show us anything particularly new. Looking beyond the two party leaders themselves the Conservatives also lead on having the stronger team of leaders - 38% think the Tories have the better team, 25% the Labour party. Cameron's reshuffle itself isn't seen has having made much difference to this. 13% think his team is now stronger, 16% weaker, 71% no difference or don't know. 54% of people think that the promotion of more female ministers to the cabinet was mostly because David Cameron wanted more women in the cabinet, rather than because he thought they were the best people for the job.
Michael Gove's demotion is widely approved of. 55% think it was the right thing to do, 19% think he should have stayed at education. As for his policies - 54% think Nicky Morgan should continue to toughen up exam grading schemes, but 51% think she should cancel Free Schools and by 40% to 32% people think she should end the drive towards more academies.
Support for the bedroom tax has now dropped to 39%, with 48% opposed. This compares to 41% support in January, and 49% support back in March 2013 before it was first implemented. While a substantial minority still support the policy, support for it has been on a gradual decline since it was announced. Nick Clegg's about turn on the tax is seen positively by 38% who think it's right to change your mind when a policy doesn't work, and negatively by 44% who think it’s hypocritical to oppose a policy you introduced.