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Support for Labour slumps to 14-year low

Labour support has collapsed to a 14-year low following infighting at the top of the party, according to an opinion poll today.

The Populus survey published in The Times, the first conducted since Labour's local election drubbing, shows the Tories have built an eight-point lead over the Government. Backing for Labour has tumbled by six points since early April to just 30 per cent, the party's worst performance in any survey since 1992.

The Conservatives are up four points to 38 per cent, while the Liberal Democrats are down one point to 20 per cent.

Over the past month, the Government has been hit by a series of hugely damaging headlines, from the cash-for-peerages affair to the foreign prisoner release fiasco, and revelations about John Prescott's private life.

Perhaps its time Labour should reconsider who and what they represent.