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[Morris Onions]

Tories build ten-point lead after Labour economic struggles

The Conservative party have amassed a ten-point lead over Gordon Brown's Labour government, according to a new poll.

Criticism of the decision to abolish the 10p income tax band has seen Labour's approval ratings fall with David Cameron's Conservative party seen as more capable of guiding the UK through the credit crunch crisis.

A poll carried out by Populus for the Sunday Mirror newspaper gives the Tories a ten-point lead on 40 per cent, with Labour having slipped three per cent to 30 per cent since the last Populus survey.

The Liberal Democrats have also gained two points in the poll with 19 per cent support, in a study that would see David Cameron elected with a majority of 25 seats should the results be repeated at a general election.

Some 31 per cent of respondents said they saw the Tories as capable of steering Britain through current economic problems, compared with 29 per cent support for Labour.

A growing number of Labour MPs have decried the decision to abandon the 10p income tax band, claiming it could be seen as a punitive measure against the poor.

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