LONDON: The lead of British Prime Minister Theresa May´s Conservative Party over the oppositionLabour Party has halved to five percentage points, according toa Kantar poll published on Wednesday, one day before Britain´snational election.
Kantar said it now put support for the Conservatives at 43percent, unchanged from the previous Kantar poll on May 31, andLabour was on 38 percent, up five points.
"Since last week´s poll we have seen movement away from theConservatives and towards Labour among those aged under thirty,as well as among those in late middle age," it said.
The online poll of 2,159 people was conducted between June 1and 7, including days before and after a June 3 attack on Londonby Islamist militants.
Three polls published by other polling firms earlier onWednesday gave the Conservatives leads over Labour of between
eight and 12 percentage points.