UK election: Support for PM Johnson's Conservatives rose to 42%

According to a recently conducted opinion poll by ICM for Reuters, support for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party rose by 3 points to 42% to widen the gap with the main opposition Labour Party, which is now at 32%.

Further details of the poll showed that the pro-European Union Liberal Democrats fell to 13% from 15% last week and the Brexit Party lost 3 points to 5%.

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