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A bombshell poll today shows Labour three points ahead of the Tories after support for Theresa May's party plummeted in the last month.

The survey put the Conservatives on a measly 32% - down an eye-popping nine points since the last comparable poll in March.

Labour is on 35%, up four points since last month's result, according to the Kantar poll of 1,172 people online.

It comes after a month of chaos in the country and the Conservative Party over the future for Brexit .

Our leaving the EU is set to be delayed for a second time tonight, with Tories plotting to oust Theresa May amid fears she will agree a softer Brexit with Labour.

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Today's poll also finds more than half of the public would like the final Brexit deal to be put to a referendum.

51% of those who responded said they wanted a public vote to "confirm" the deal.

One in three - 32% - did not want a public referendum to be held, and the remaining 17% did not know.

The result is likely to put new pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to demand a "confirmatory" referendum in cross-party talks with Theresa May aimed at agreeing a Brexit plan.

Labour is split on whether to demand such a public vote, and it was near the bottom of the agenda in talks yesterday.

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The poll showed 71% believe the government has handled Brexit talks poorly, up 9 points since last month.

But fewer people believed Brexit will have only negative effects, on 41%, down 6 points since last month.

Just 25% of people think Brexit will have positive effects with no negative effects.

It comes as the Tories prepare to defend more than half the 8,300 seats up for grabs in the May 2 local elections.

A Tory peer and election guru has warned of a "Brexit penalty" for the blues if a deal is not agreed by the time voters go to the polls.

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The new poll showed the Lib Dems and UKIP both appear to be gaining from struggling Tory fortunes.

The Liberal Democrats polled at 11%, up 3 points, while Ukip polled at 7%, up one point.

The SNP was at 5%, the Green Party at 4% and Plaid Cymru at 1%.

There was a big rise in support for "Other" parties, from 2% last month to 6% this month.

In a separate question, 27% of those polled said they'd be likely to vote for a candidate for the Independent Group if one stood in their area. And 23% said the same of Nigel Farage's new Brexit Party.

See the full research here.