Boost for Theresa May as Tories hit highest poll numbers since 2009 with whopping 16% lead over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour

THE TORIES are polling just one point below their all-time record, new figures show.

In a boost for Theresa May, shows that Labour's ratings are unchanged on 28% but the Conservatives have jumped up 2% to 44%.

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In the wake of last week's Autumn Statement, the Government's approval ratings have edged up a little, and the Tories are leading in every single social grade - including the least well off members of society.

The Conservatives are also in front in all age-groups except the 18-24s.

The polls are still looking bleak for Labour - in the South of England they stand on 24% compared to the Tories who are on a whopping 49%.

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The Conservatives are just one point behind their all-time high of 45% in the polls now.

This is a level they have only reached on five occasions.

Three of which were just after John Major’s 1992 election victory and two of which were during the 2008 financial crash when Gordon Brown was in Number 10.

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Despite the doom and gloom of the IFS prediction that wages will not rise considerably for the next decade, most people haven't seen any downturn.

One in three (31%) believed that their living standards have got better over the last ten years, and 34% said that they saw no change.

However, there has been a dramatic drop in the public's confidence in their personal finances.

34% of people are not very confident in their financial position at the moment, and just 8% are very confident about it.

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