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Labour lead stays firm

Today's YouGov poll shows a firming up of the Labour lead, and widespread disapproval of the company kept by Prince Andrew

YouGov associate director Anthony Wells breaks down the key figures for us:

Voting intention is CON 33%, LAB 44%, LDEM 10%, Others 13% (which includes UKIP on 7%). The 11 point Labour lead is the same as today's for the Sun (suggesting it's not a rogue), 11 is the highest Lab lead we've had since the election, and this is the lowest we've had the Conservatives.

On the questions asking about opinions of David Cameron, a majority of people do think he has good presentational skills and does have a vision for the country’s future. By 44% to 34% people think he is capable of putting his policies into action. He scores less well on the questions about being a good manager (45% think he isn't, only 33% think he is) and on having a good grip on government (35% think he had, 43% think he does not).

On the cabinet ministers no one gets a positive rating - the least negative is Theresa May, with a score of -7, followed by Hague -10, Osborne -14, Lansley -19, Cable -19, Gove -21. Hague has the second highest rating despite Libya (which 56% think has been handled badly), presumably his previous popularity is insulating him somewhat.

On Prince Andrew, unsurprisingly a majority (67%) think it was unacceptable for him to meet with Jeffrey Epstein, 60% that it's unacceptable for him to associate with representatives from regimes with dubious human rights records.

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Overall 44% think he should step down from his role, up from 31% a week ago. 34% think he should keep his job (up from 30%). Regarding the government's handling of the Prince Andrew controversy, 45% think they handled it badly, only 25% well. 35% think they have been too supportive of Prince Andrew.

On the other questions, opinion towards the change to average-salary pensions is split down the middle (38% support, 37% oppose), but people are broadly supportive of the proposed changes to police overtime and bonuses (54% support, 25% oppose).