16 days left: four new polls give little hope to Tories

Polling average still has parties neck-and-neck which is unlikely to keep Cameron in Downing Street

Columnist Don Brind

Four new polls have produced two Tory leads and two Labour leads. They leave the parties tied in the polling average - which remains the best guide to what is likely to happen on 7 May.

The best showing for the Tories comes with their four-point lead in the Ashcroft national poll: Con 34 (up 1), Lab 30 (down 3), Lib Dems 10 (up 1), Ukip 13 (unchanged), Greens 4 (down 2).

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is a former BBC lobby correspondent and Labour press officer who is watching the polls for The Week in the run-up to the 2015 election.