article_snippet.sent: A new survey by Lord Ashcroft had the Tories on 36 per cent, with Labour trailing on 30 per cent, Ukip on 11 per cent and the Lib Dems on 9 per cent .
article_snippet.sent: the Tories could be six points ahead of Labour, or three points behind, depending on which opinion poll to believe.
article_snippet.sent: The latest batch of surveys agree on only one thing: the result is probably too close to call.
article_snippet.sent: the Tories are on 36 per cent, with Labour trailing on 30 per cent, Ukip on 11 per cent and the Lib Dems on 9 per cent.
article_snippet.sent: Another poll by ICM for the Guardian also gave David Cameron's party a lead, but of only three points lead on 35 per cent to 32 per cent for Labour.
article_snippet.sent: However, the Sun's YouGov poll had Labour in the lead on 34 per cent to the Tories' 33 per cent, indicating that the battle for No 10 remains agonisingly close for the party leaders.
article_snippet.sent: Labour enjoyed a three-point lead in a Populus poll, on 36 per cent (up one point) to the Conservatives' 33 per cent (up one).
article_snippet.sent: North of the border, a TNS poll found Scottish National Party support continuing to surge to 54 per cent, almost two-and-a-half times Labour's 22 per cent.