Labour takes 7pc lead in poll as growth fails to impress voters

If Miliband can hold on to this lead, it would give him an 86-seat majority in 2015 general election

 Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband
(Image credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Labour has taken an eye-catching seven-point lead in this month’s Guardian/ICM poll, a dramatic turnaround from the previous month’s survey which had the Tories one point ahead.

The survey puts Labour on 38 per cent, a rise of five points over the month, while the Tories drop three points to 31 per cent. The Lib Dems are unchanged on 12 per cent, while Ukip sees a one-point increase in its support to ten per cent.

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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.