The Conservatives gained three points in the latest opinion poll to stand just one point behind Labour, with David Cameron the only party leader whose popularity is moving in the right direction.
A ComRes survey for the Sunday Mirror and Independent on Sunday put the Tories on 38%, with Labour unchanged at 39% and the Liberal Democrats up one on 11% since last month.
Labour has benefited most from the defection of 45% of the junior coalition partner's 2010 supporters - four fifths of them switching support to Ed Miliband's Opposition, it showed.
Only around one in five (21%) backed Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's party leadership, with the gap to those critical of him growing from 31 points to 35.
Mr Miliband's rating - 22% unfavourable to 39% - was also worse than last month while those supporting the Prime Minister's performance increased from 37% to 39% - a gap of only four points to those disagreeing.
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