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But speaking from the G7 summit in Italy, Sunak downplayed concerns, and said voting for Reform would be “handing Labour a blank cheque”.“And what that poll shows is – the only poll that matters is the one on July 4 – but if that poll was replicated on July 4, it would be handing Labour a blank cheque to tax everyone, tax their home, their pension, their car, their family, and I’ll be fighting very hard to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Asked if the Conservatives face an “existential” threat over their future, Sunak dodged the question and said the publication of the Labour and Tory manifestos shows “there’s a massive difference on tax”.Keir Starmer’s Labour is still leaps and bounds ahead of every other party in the polls, on 37%.The Reform leader – who is making his eighth run at being elected to parliament, having been unsuccessful every other time – even taunted Sunak with a social media clip this morning.
Latest YouGov voting intention : Reform now 1pt ahead of the Tories for the first time, although this is still within the margin of error
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