The latest opinion polls suggest the December general election may be a two-horse race after all.

The Britain Elects live opinion poll tracker saw Labour shoot up by almost 4% in 10 days while the Tories fell by 2%.

It means the Conservatives now lead by just 9% based on latest data, with the Brexit Party plunging to just 9% in the polls.

The results suggest Labour and the Conservatives are leading as support for the Lib Dems, Brexit Party and Greens trails away.

The Tory drop came after Boris Johnson was slammed for a slow response to the devastating flooding in Yorkshire and the Midlands yesterday.

Victims faced the PM yesterday to tell him the Government’s response was ‘too little too late’.

Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn saw a boost after promising to pump £26 billion into the NHS and offering free higher education and A-level or equivalent courses to adults.

The Brexit Party has lost support, dropping from 11% to 9% after announcing Nigel Farage’s decision to stand down 317 candidates in Tory held seats.

The Liberal Democrats and Green Party also saw their stock fall, with Jo Swinson’s party dipping to just 16% from a high of 20% in October.

The latest poll was released with just hours to go until the deadline for candidates to officially enter, which closes at 4pm today.

Talk of tactical voting has dominated the campaign trail so far, with the Lib Dems, Greens and Plaid Cymru agreeing a pact and the Tories rumoured to be tussling over a ‘Leave Alliance’ with Mr Farage.

Former justice secretary David Gauke has urged Tory supporters opposed to no-deal to vote for the Lib Dems in the 12 December vote.

And the People’s Vote campaign group said it was backing candidates in 100 seats across the UK in a bid to topple the Tory majority and force a second referendum.

Speaking to voters in Hull today – where he unveiled his latest candidate to be former Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry – Mr Farage said he was not considering a last-minute withdrawal of candidates.

The Brexit Party leader said: ‘I’m very worried about the Leave vote being split, very, very worried about these constituencies that have been Labour for decades, where the Conservatives have never won, can never win, and yet they are still putting up a candidate against our candidates who are the challengers to Labour in those seats.

‘It tells me all I need to know about the Conservative Party. All they care about is the party, not getting a Leave majority in Westminster.’

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