The Labour Party has nosed ahead of the Conservatives since the coalition announced public spending cuts last month, according to an opinion poll published Monday.
Chancellor George Osborne outlined in October a five-year austerity drive, including major cuts to welfare and other government expenditure, to reduce a record peacetime budget deficit of 11 percent of gross domestic product.
The latest ComRes poll for The Independent puts support for Labour on 37 percent, up three percentage points since the most recent ComRes survey for The Independent on Sunday two weeks ago -- just before Osborne unveiled his spending cuts.
The Conservatives have dropped five points to 35 percent, while the Liberal Democrats are up two points to 16 percent.
It is also the first time a ComRes poll has put Labour ahead of the Conservatives since September 2007, when former Prime Minister Gordon Brown considered calling a snap election.
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