Tapping the polling data

Haven't looked at a poll in a while on Whitehall 1212. This is how the parties looked just before the Budget in the Metro Harris poll out this morning.

Conservatives have seen their support drop to 35%, down from 37%.

Labour are on 28% compared with 29% two weeks ago.

Liberal Democrats have dropped a point from 18% a fortnight ago to 17%.

In a general election, the result would lead to a hung parliament, with the Conservatives taking 299 seats, Labour 267 and the Lib Dems 51.

The Sun daily poll has the parties at Con 37%, Lab 33% and Lib Dem 18%.