CONSERVATIVES HIT 50 PER CENT IN POLLS

SUPPORT for the Tories has soared to the 50 per cent mark, according to an opinion poll.

The survey suggests backing for Theresa May’s party has risen by four points since she last week announced a General Election.

If the predicted vote share is achieved on polling day, she would win a landslide victory with a Commons majority of more than 200 seats.

And the ComRes poll published yesterday also suggests support for Labour under Jeremy Corbyn has slumped to 25 per cent. Meanwhile, a separate survey suggested the Tories could snatch 11 seats in Scotland from Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party.

Senior Tories were last night refusing to get carried away with the dramatic polling.

Former Cabinet minister Michael Gove said: “We can’t be certain this far out how this election is going to develop. I take every poll with a pinch of salt.”

And a Tory campaign source said: “We know that polls have been all over the place in recent years. Voters have got to understand that there is a real danger of Jeremy Corbyn getting into Number 10 with the help of the SNP and the Lib Dems.”

No party has hit the 50 per cent mark in an opinion poll since Labour managed the figure in April 2002 under Tony Blair.

Achieving the ComRes poll prediction would mean Mrs May beating the 418- seat haul that Mr Blair managed in 1997.

The poll of just over 2,000 adults also showed that 45 per cent of voters believe Labour cannot win with Mr Corbyn as leader.

Even younger voters appeared to be deserting him, with 41 per cent of those aged between 18 and 24 saying Labour will flop under him.