Investing.com – A recent poll taken ahead of the June 23 referendum to decide on the U.K.’s membership in the European Union (EU) showed Tuesday that those preferring to leave surpassed those wishing to remain, though one out of every five Britons were still undecided.
The TNS survey showed that those British citizens preferring a Brexit, as the preference to leave the EU is known, rose by five points to 41%, while support for the Remain camp slipped one point to 38%.
However, 21% of the 1,222 adults surveyed were still undecided.
TNS noted that the undecided group was reducing, having been as high as 26% and 28% in the previous two surveys.
“This poll suggests that we are seeing movement from undecided voters towards the Leave camp, though we will need to wait until the next poll to see if this is a trend or random variation,” TNS head of social and political attitudes Luke Taylor said.
“Although this poll is the first time since February that we have seen a lead for 'Leave', the race remains very tight with many yet to make up their mind,” he added.
“With five weeks to go until the referendum it remains all to play for and the challenge for the 'Remain' campaign continues to be in getting a high turnout among younger voters,” Taylor concluded.
The pound traded broadly higher on Tuesday though gains were pared after U.K. inflation slowed down for the first time since September 2015.
GBP/USD rose 0.58% to 1.4486, while EUR/GBP declined 0.53% to 0.7818.