UK Labour heads polls

Britain's Labour Party on Sunday registered its first polling lead since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in 2019 as support for his crisis-wracked Conservative government continued to plunge.

The Opinium poll for the Observer newspaper put Labour on 42 percent, with the Conservatives on 39 percent.

New Labour leader Keir Starmer also led when voters were asked who would make the best prime minister, being the preferred choice for 36 percent of voters.

AFP