Senior Tories have called for action to stop the party haemorrhaging younger voters

The Tories “will lose their ability to govern” unless they do more to attract young voters, according to a hard-hitting report that reveals the party is haemorrhaging support from the under-50s.

The “tipping point age” — at which a voter is more likely to vote Tory than Labour — has risen from 47 immediately after the 2017 election to 51 today.

The details were revealed in a poll of 10,000 voters conducted by Hanbury Strategy for the Tory think tank Onward.

The report reveals that at elections between 1950 and 2010 the Conservatives were on average 8% behind Labour among young voters, but 9% ahead among older voters.

But at the last election the age gap exploded, with the Tories 35 points behind among the