NHS row fails to dent lead in polls

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An ICM poll published in The Guardian gave the Conservatives a commanding 16-point lead over Labour.

And the survey - carried out since Tory MEP Daniel Hannan's attack on the NHS on US television - showed little damage had been done to David Cameron's party as a result of the row.

The Tory leader was forced to slap down the high-profile MEP over his comments that the NHS was a "60-year mistake".

Some 48% of those surveyed think healthcare would be better under a Tory government, with 41% appearing to agree with Labour warnings that it would be worse.

Worryingly for Mr Brown, 24% of current Labour voters think the Tories would improve the NHS.

The poll put Conservative support at 41%, unchanged since last month's poll for The Guardian but down two points on a more recent ICM survey for the Sunday Mirror.

Labour support has dropped two points to 25% since July and one point since the more recent poll.

The Liberal Democrats are on 19%, down one since July but unchanged since the later poll.