Jeremy Corbyn's party has hit a new campaign high in the polls – but still lags Theresa May's Conservatives by 14 per cent, a new poll says.
Labour closed the gap by three points in a Panelbase poll released on Tuesday, putting them on 33 per cent with the Tories on 47 per cent.
The change, which is within the margin of error of the previous poll, appears to suggest the Labour vote is continuing to gradually trend upwards.
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But with a huge Conservative lead and just three weeks to go until the general election Labour faces an uphill struggle.
Two polls at the weekend put Labour on 32 per cent, a figure that was also at the time a campaign high, though others have the party lower.
Ed Miliband won 30.4 per cent of the UK vote share at the 2015 general election, though opinion polls in the UK show the poll share for Great Britain only, excluding Northern Ireland from their calculations.
UK General Election 2017
UK General Election 2017
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has called for an early general election
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Prime Minister Theresa May walks back into 10 Downing Street after making a statement to the nation
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Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech in Walmsley Parish Hall, Bolton, as she asked voters for the mandate to lead post-Brexit Britain ahead of the looming election campaign
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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech to Conservative Party members to launch their election campaign in Walmsley Parish Hall in Bolton, England
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reads with children as he visits Brentry Children Centre in Bristol, during Labour's election campaign
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses the STUC conference in Aviemore.
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Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron addresses supporters at a campaign event in Vauxhall, London
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Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer makes a speech outlining Labour's approach to Brexit
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A UK Independence Party supporter (L) scuffles with a pro-europe supporter ahead of a visit by UKIP leader Paul Nuttall to Hartlepool
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Theresa May speaks at an election campaign rally in Banchory, Scotland
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British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at an election campaign rally on April 29, 2017 in Banchory, Scotland
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Jeremy Corbyn delivers a campaign speech on leadership in London
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Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at an election campaign rally in East London
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29/61 30 April 2017
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30/61 2 May 2017
Green MEP Molly Scott Cato speaks during the launch of the Green Party Brexit policy watched by Co-Leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas and Green London Assembly member Siân Rebecca Berry at the Space Studio in London
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Co-Leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, speaks during the launch of the Green Party Brexit policy at the Space Studio in London
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Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas, Siân Rebecca Berry, London Assembly Green Party member and the Bristol West candidate, Molly Scott Cato make an announcement of the party's new Brexit policy in London
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Scottish Conservative party leader Ruth Davidson gave a speech at the G&V Royal Mile Hotel in Edinburgh ahead of the local government election
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Ukip leader Paul Nuttall during a walkabout in Dudley town centre in the West Midlands, with Ukip West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge and Pete Durnell, West Midlands Metro Mayor candidate, while on the election campaign trail
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Ukip leader Paul Nuttall eats grapes during a walkabout in Dudley town centre in the West Midlands, with Ukip West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge and Pete Durnell, West Midlands Metro Mayor candidate
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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, campaigns in Southampton
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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, campaigns in Southampton
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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a campaign stop at a company in St Yves, Cornwall, England
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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a campaign stop at a company in St Yves, Cornwall, England. The Prime Minister is campaigning in South-West England, a former Liberal Democrat stronghold, as she urges West Country voters to stick with her party ahead of the polls on June 8
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Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May enjoys some chips during a campaign stop in Mevagissey, Cornwall
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Britain's opposition Labour party Leader Jeremy Corbyn reacts as he meets with nursing students at the University of Worcester's Sheila Scott building in Worcester
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Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon gestures during her tour of the Inveralmond Brewery as she campaigns for the upcoming general election, in Perth
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Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon gestures during her tour of the Inveralmond Brewery as she campaigns for the upcoming general election, in Perth
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Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron and the party's local candidate Tessa Munt on board a hovercraft during a visit to the Burnham Area Rescue Boat (BARB), a charity that operates two life-saving rescue hovercrafts and an inshore rescue boat, at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset
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Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson visits the Shortbread House of Edinburgh's factory on the election campaign trail
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Leader of the Liberal Democrats Tim Farron takes part in a gardening lesson as he visits Lewannick Primary School near Launceston in Cornwall, England
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British Prime Minister Theresa May meets the Nishkam Trust leadership team and pupils of Nishkam Primary School in Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Jeremy Corbyn pledged to 'resign' the two-child limit on tax credits
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British Prime Minister Theresa May and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond attend a Conservative Party Press Conference at One Canada Square
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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond (L) and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attend an election campaign event in Canary Wharf
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Mr Corbyn launched the party's manifesto in Bradford on Tuesday, unveiling plans for tax rises for the richest 5 per cent of the population to fund spending pledges and the nationalisation of utilities and railways.
The poll, which was conducted before the launch of Labour's manifesto, had top line voting intention figures with the Tories on 47 per cent down 1, Labour on 33 per cent up three, the Lib Dems on 7 per cent down one, and Ukip on 5 per cent unchanged.
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