Rishi Sunak fails to secure conference bounce, says new opinion poll

Labour is now 13 points ahead of the Conservatives despite the prime minister's efforts to present himself as the change candidate at the next general election

Rishi Sunak's has achieved no positive conference bounce after trying to relaunch the Tories as the party of change" at their annual gathering in Manchester last week.

Instead Labour, ahead of their gathering in Liverpool which starts this weekend, is up three points since last weekend and now stands on 42%, stretching its lead to 13 points.