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UK General Election polls: Conservative Party lead continues to shrink in boost for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour

The latest General Election polls have shown the Conservative lead over Labour shrinking, with one poll putting Theresa May just six points clear.

A poll for the Sunday Telegraph put the Tories two points down in the past week on 44 per cent, six points ahead of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour on 38 per cent – a four point climb.

The Liberal Democrats stay on 7 per cent with Ukip on 5 per cent, down two points.

It comes after a disastrous week in the polls for Theresa May, who has seen her lead diminish since the Conservative Party launched its manifesto.

Theresa May's lead is shrinking in the polls (EPA)
Theresa May's lead is shrinking in the polls (EPA)

She has faced widespread criticism for plans for elderly people needing care to pay potentially unlimited amounts from their estate for it.

A shock poll earlier last week predicted that the Conservative majority in the Commons could be reduced to just two seats.

The 38 per cent score for Labour equals their best rating since Mr Corbyn became leader and would see him comfortably outpoll Ed Miliband and Gordon Brown's election results.

In the Sunday Times, a YouGov poll put Tories seven points ahead on 43 per cent - unchanged since a similar poll on Friday - with Labour down two points on 36 per cent, Lib Dems down a point on 9 per cent and Ukip unchanged on 4 per cent.

Although the results are less dramatic than Friday's YouGov survey, which found the Conservative advantage squeezed to just five points, they tally with the trend in a number of polls which have shown Labour gaining on the Tories after having begun the election race as much as 25 points adrift.

An Opinium poll for The Observer found the Tory advantage had fallen from 13 to 10 points over the past week, with Theresa May's party on 45 per cent, down one point, with Labour on 35 per cent, up two, Liberal Democrats on 7 per cent, down one, and Ukip unchanged on 5 per cent.

All the surveys were conducted after Monday's suicide bomb in Manchester.

The ComRes poll found Mrs May was rated best leader to keep Britain safe from terrorism, by a margin of 42 per cent to 16 per cent for Mr Corbyn.

But her ratings on this and almost every other measure had declined over the fortnight since the questions were last asked, while the Labour leader's had improved.

The Prime Minister was seen as best choice to represent Britain on the world stage, lead negotiations on Brexit and reduce net migration, while Mr Corbyn was rated best to improve the NHS, look after the interests of hard-working families and protect older people.