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LONDON - VOTERS have increasingly begun deserting the governing Labour Party with concerns over Britain's economic situation growing, a poll published on Friday showed.
The YouGov survey for The Daily Telegraph put backing for Labour at 29 per cent, a four-percentage-point drop from a similar poll last month, while the opposition Conservatives were on 43 per cent, up three points.
The smaller opposition Liberal Democrats were up one point at 17 per cent.
Were those results replicated at a general election, which is not due until May 2010 at the latest, the Tories would win a landslide victory and hold a majority of more than 100 seats in the House of Commons, compared to Labour's current 67-seat advantage.
The poll showed that the economy was dominating voters' concerns, with 64 per cent of respondents saying they expected their household's finances to worsen in the next year, against just 12 per cent predicting an improvement.
Just 29 per cent said they supported Labour's team on the economy, led by finance minister Alistair Darling, while 35 per cent backed the Conservatives' economy team.
YouGov questioned 1,926 voters between March 25 and 27. -- AFP
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