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Tories widen poll lead to 5%

Opposition leader David Cameron goes into Christmas with signs that the Tories are beginning to recover their lead in the opinion polls, according to a new survey.

The ComRes poll for The Independent - which last month showed the Conservative lead had been cut to just one point - gave the party a five-point advantage over Labour.

It put the Tories on 39%, up two points on last month, with Labour down two points on 34% and the Liberal Democrats down one on 16%.

ComRes telephoned 1,000 adults between December 19 and 21.

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