YouGov Poll For Sky News/Times: Tories lead by 9% vs Labour

Ross J Burland FXStreet

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has maintained its nine-point lead ahead of Britain's Dec. 12 election, according to an opinion poll published by YouGov for The Times and Sky News on Tuesday.

YouGov Poll For Sky News/Times

Conservatives 42%.
Labour 33%.

Both Down 1 Point In the latest YouGov Poll compared with the previous poll published on Saturday. GBP/USD is little changed on the negligible varience and can remain elevated on recently poor US data and prospects of a Brexit deal finally being done.

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