A new poll suggests that Andy Burnham would struggle to defeat Reform UK in a general election if he replaced Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader. The BMG Research survey for The i Paper found that a Labour party led by Burnham would be backed by 20% of voters, two points ahead of a Starmer-led Labour but three points behind Reform UK on 23%.
The poll indicated that a Burnham-led Labour would cause two-point falls in support for Reform and the Greens (9%), although a slightly higher proportion of voters said they were not sure or would not vote compared with Starmer remaining leader.
The findings come amid broader political uncertainty, with other unrelated stories in the source material including Donald Trump's comments on a preliminary US-Iran agreement, Manchester's property price growth, and a schoolteacher convicted of murdering a baby.
