Labour MPs put staff on standby for a snap May election as a post-Budget poll puts Burnham on course for a majority
Prime Minister Andy Burnham, speaking to ITV News, said welfare cuts could plunge people into "absolute crisis" as he marked his first 100 days in office.Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader, as a Labour poll puts the party on 30 per cent — a rating Electoral Calculus projects could deliver Burnham a majority of nearly 100 seats.Opinium polling data, conducted largely after John Healey's Budget, showing Labour eight points ahead of Reform — with Labour MPs already putting staff on standby ahead of a possible May election.
A poll conducted largely after John Healey's Budget puts Labour on 30 per cent, with Electoral Calculus projections suggesting that could deliver Burnham a majority of nearly 100 seats. Labour MPs are actively putting staff on standby, with one telling colleagues: "The election is May Day for sure."
Burnham distanced himself from the Starmer manifesto on ITV, admitting he would not have written it himself.
Healey's Budget deferred all the hard choices, including a defence spending path to 3 per cent of GDP, to a spending review in late 2027.
Kemi Badenoch warns the spending commitments already on the books could leave a £49 billion black hole by 2030-31.
