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Labour support at new low

Support for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour party has slumped to its lowest level since opinion polls began after embarrassing revelations over parliamentarians' expenses.

A BPIX poll for the Mail on Sunday newspaper gave Labour 23 percent with the Conservatives on 45, enough to give the main opposition party a landslide victory if repeated at a parliamentary election due by mid-2010. The paper said the survey showed that, for the first time, a majority of voters - 52 percent - believe Brown should stand down. The results were the worst for Labour since 1943.