Only on immigration is any party seen as best placed to handle the issue by more than quarter of Britons

Labour projected to lose over 200 seats, with the Conservatives falling to fourth place

A belief that Labour have broken or not delivered on their promises is the top motivation for defecting to a different party

YouGov looks at how the country would vote today, across factors from gender, age, education, class, income, housing tenure and previous voting record

There has been a sizeable increase in the number of Britons saying the UK should seek a stronger relationship with Europe rather than the USA

There remains strong public support for NATO, but many see the USA as an unreliable member of the alliance

Most Britons see Brexit as having been more of a failure than a success, but they tend not to see trying to return as a priority

Three quarters of Britons still think assisted dying should be legal in principle, with 72% supporting Kim Leadbeater’s proposals

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Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch’s figures recover after falling to record lows last month

Britons are sceptical that spending pledges can be achieved without Labour breaking its fiscal rules or manifesto tax promises

Labour voters say they would prefer the government to avoid cuts to services, even if that means increases to taxes or borrowing

Terrorism and defence are the only issues on which even half of Labour voters believe the government is doing a good job

Just 10% of the public believe Badenoch looks like a prime minister in waiting, while 81% see the Tories as being in a weak state

Britons are split 28% to 28% on who would make the better prime minister

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We put the four main party leaders head to head

55% of Reform UK voters believe a Reform UK government would make a very positive difference to the UK, while just 22% of Labour voters would say the same of a Labour government

It is Labour and Lib Dem voters who are most likely to see Starmer as anti-immigration, not the Reform UK voters the prime minister was trying to reach out to

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