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Labour is now just one point behind the Tories in a dramatic new poll five days before the general election.

The Survation poll puts the Tories on 40% with Labour on 39%.

This is an astonishing collapse in the Conservatives' poll lead, which stood at 24% near the start of the campaign, according to some organisations.

The survey was carried out today to take into account the impact of last night's BBC Question Time leaders special .

Survation, which carried out the poll for the Mail on Sunday, said: "The Conservative lead over the Labour Party going into the final week of the general election campaign has been cut to just one point.

Westminster voting intention (%)

"The fieldwork was conducted exclusively with the aim of capturing public opinion following the BBC’s live televised Q&A with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn."

The Conservatives are down six points on the previous Survation poll and Labour is up five points.

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A massive 36% of respondents said Jeremy Corbyn's performance on the show made them more likely to vote Labour.

And 24% said it made them less likely to vote Labour.

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It was released just hours after a ComRes poll for the Mirror showed Theresa May's personal approval rating had collapsed, although her party remained 12 points ahead overall.

And several other polls released today also show a larger Conservative lead then Survation is predicting.

ICM has the Tories 11 points ahead, ORB says the gap is nine points, Opinium predicts a six-point gap and YouGov has it at four points.