Friday 08 March 2019 1:52 pm | Updated: Monday 03 June 2019 12:56 am

Tories would win snap election if called tomorrow, according to latest polling data

The Conservative party would win a snap general election if it were called tomorrow, according to the latest Yougov poll.

Yougov’s latest voter intention survey found 40 per cent of people would vote for the Conservatives, while just 31 per cent would vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party.

The result signals a one per cent drop in the polls for Theresa May’s government, and a one per cent rise for Labour. Nearly 1500 people were polled across the UK.

The government remains deeply divided over after May’s deal with the EU was rejected in a historic defeat for a government in January. Since then ministers have petitioned Brussels for changes – though none have been forthcoming.

Yesterday the EU gave May a deadline of today to present “acceptable” proposals to break the deadlock.

Last week, George Eustice stepped down after five years as agriculture minister, warning that the UK would suffer a “national humiliation” if it delayed Brexit beyond 29 March.

Meanwhile, May has faced trouble in her cabinet too, with transport secretary Chris Grayling sustaining heavy criticism in the wake of the no-deal ferry contract fiasco that resulted in a £33m payout to the Channel tunnel operator.

In an emergency debate in the Commons, shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald "implored" Grayling to resign after he failed to attend an urgent question yesterday on the government's out-of-court settlement with Eurotunnel.

But Corbyn’s failure to capitalise in the polls on the government’s woes comes after a miserable fortnight for his Labour party in which nine of his MPs defected to form the rival Independent Group.

The splitters have cited Labour’s antisemitism problem, claiming Labour had “wilfully failed to address hatred of Jewish people in its ranks”.

Labour has called on them to give up their seats and fight by-elections.