article_snippet.sent: Cameron is narrowly winning the battle for floating voters, according to a major poll out today.
article_snippet.sent: A separate poll of marginal seats by the former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft suggests that Ukip’s vote is being squeezed in key constituencies as election day approaches.
article_snippet.sent: A ComRes survey of 4,000 undecided voters across the UK also suggests Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is set to hold Education Secretary Nicky Morgan marginal seat in Loughborough.
article_snippet.sent: Nigel Farage was just behind on 30 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: From the look of Nigel Farage hands as Nigel Farage met Nigel Farage party’s candidates in Aberdeen yesterday, it looks like Mr Cameron has been struck by a bout of behind-the-scenes finger-chewing.
article_snippet.sent: Floating voters identified the NHS as the most important issue, followed by immigration, the cost of living and the economy.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, Lord Ashcroft’s survey of Labour-Tory marginals suggests Mr Cameron still has a lot of work to do just to hold on to the seats Mr Cameron won in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: Of ten Labour-Toryheld marginal constituencies, Labour is ahead in four seats, with the parties tied in another.
article_snippet.sent: Lord Ashcroft said the study showed Ukip’s vote was being squeezed since the same seats were polled last year.
article_snippet.sent: ‘The Ukip share had fallen significantly – by up to 10 points –
article_snippet.sent: in nine of the ten seats polled,’ Lord Ashcroft said.
article_snippet.sent: The decline in Ukip support has helped the Tories consolidate the Tories grip in Blackpool North, Pendle, Gloucester, Kingswood and Mrs Morgan’s Leicestershire constituency.
article_snippet.sent: The Education Secretary, whose 3,744 majority is the smallest in the Cabinet, is now nine points ahead of the Labour challenger.
article_snippet.sent: But Labour also appears to be benefiting from the squeeze in Ukip support in some areas, moving ahead of the Tories in Harrow East and increasing the Tories in Harrow East lead in the Tory-held seats of Hove, Stockton South, and Morecambe and Lunesdale.
article_snippet.sent: In Pudsey, West Yorkshire, Labour and the Conservatives were tied with 40 per cent each.
article_snippet.sent: Nigel Farage said Nigel Farage was not concerned about the Ashcroft polls, saying: ‘
highlights_snippet.sent: Separate poll suggests Ukip’s vote is being squeezed in key constituencies .