Reaction: Boris Johnson plummets in polls as Tory MPs turn on Dominic Cummings

PM’s approval rating drops by 20 points in just four days

Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings leave Downing Street
(Image credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images)

The Conservatives’ polling lead over Labour has fallen by nine points in a week as the Dominic Cummings scandal triggers fury both among voters and MPs.

A new YouGov poll for The Times found that support for the Tories has declined by four points to 44%, while Labour has jumped by five points to 38%. And separate polling shows that Boris Johnson’s personal approval rating has plunged by 20 points in just four days.

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Arion McNicoll is a freelance writer at The Week Digital and was previously the UK website’s editor. He has also held senior editorial roles at CNN, The Times and The Sunday Times. Along with his writing work, he co-hosts “Today in History with The Retrospectors”, Rethink Audio’s flagship daily podcast, and is a regular panellist (and occasional stand-in host) on “The Week Unwrapped”. He is also a judge for The Publisher Podcast Awards.