Lord Ashcroft's national poll puts the Conservatives six points ahead of Labour on 36 per cent. The lead is the most substantial for the Tories in two weeks. Ukip was down to 11 per cent with Greens and Lib Dems trailing on seven and 11 per cent respectively. The Tories up two points since Ashcroft's last national poll while Labour are unchanged on 30 per cent. Six out of the last eight Ashcroft polls have shown Tory leads. An ICM poll for the Guardian, today had the Tories ahead by three points but Populus had Labour in front by the same number while YouGov put Ed Miliband's party ahead by one point. On the party ... (full story)