Labour ahead of Conservatives before UK's July 4 election, polls show

Reuters

Updated 1 July 2024 at 5:39 am

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LONDON (Reuters) - Opinion polls show Britain's Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, is on course to win a July 4 election, a result which would end 14 years of Conservative-led government and remove Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from office.

Reuters has compiled data from more than 50 different polls produced by nine different polling firms during the election campaign to track the backing for the five most popular parties that are running nationwide.

(Reporting by William James and Anand Katakam)

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