Labour’s lead over the Tories has dropped by three points, according to a fresh poll.
A survey by Redfield & Wilton Strategies from Sunday put Labour on 43% of the vote and the Conservatives on 23%.
This puts Labour at a 20-point overall lead but down by three points when compared to the company’s previous poll conducted on Feb 18.
Meanwhile Sir Keir Starmer recorded his lowest approval rating since May last year at plus two.
Some 35% of people approved of his performance while 33% disapproved.
MPs have called for the Labour leader to be reported to the Privileges Committee over allegations that his Party intimidated Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle ahead of the SNP’s opposition day debate on a ceasefire in Gaza last week.
There are concerns over whether the Speaker was pressured into accepting a Labour amendment on the motion.
This meant that the SNP motion was not voted on and Hoyle is now facing calls to resign over the incident.
While Sir Keir has “categorically” denied the claims, reports suggested Commons leader Penny Mordaunt believes there could have been a “breach of privilege” and an investigation is one of a number of potential options being considered.
Parliamentary convention dictates that there would usually only be a government amendment to an opposition motion, but Sir Lindsay said he selected the Labour amendment to allow as broad a debate as possible.
Sir Lindsay has also rejected accusations he was put under pressure by Labour and has insisted the safety of MPs was the main reason for his move.
Meanwhile just under half of 2019 Tory voters currently intend to vote for the Conservatives, according to the survey.
Some 18% of 2019 Tory voters said they would back Reform UK and 16% said Labour.
The new survey also found that Rishi Sunak’s approval rating had fallen to an all-time low of minus 26.
Redfield & Wilton Strategies said it was “the lowest approval rating Sunak has ever recorded in our polling as either Prime Minister or Chancellor of the Exchequer”.
The Prime Minister has come under fire this week for his response to comments made by Lee Anderson MP, who lost the Tory whip.
The former Tory deputy chairman said London mayor Sadiq Khan had “given our capital city away to his mates”.
Mr Sunak said Mr Anderson had lost the party’s backing because his “choice of words wasn’t acceptable, it was wrong”.
But he refused to describe the MP’s comments as Islamophobic when pressed repeatedly.
