Barely a poll bounce for Labour after Keir Starmer quits and Andy Burnham closes in on becoming PM

Labor has made almost no gain in votes since Keir Starmer resigned and Andy Burnham moved closer to succeeding him as Prime Minister.

The latest YouGov poll shows Labour’s support has risen two points to 20 per cent since Sir Keir announced he would stand down.

But this is within the margin of error of last week’s poll, with Labor still four points behind Reform England.

Nigel Farage’s party is on 24 per cent of the vote in the latest poll, down one point from the previous poll.

The Conservatives were unchanged at 20 per cent in this week’s poll; The Greens (down two points) and the Liberal Democrats (down one point) both received 13 per cent of the vote.

This is the lowest figure for the Greens since last October and eight points below their peak in early March, which occurred shortly after Zack Polanski’s party won the Gorton and Denton by-elections.

The 40 per cent of voters who said they would support either Labor or the Conservative Party was the highest total vote total for Britain’s two main traditional parties since last July.

Sir Keir announced he would resign as Prime Minister in a tearful speech last week following Mr Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield by-election.

Former Greater Manchester mayor Mr Burnham is almost certain to replace Sir Keir in No 10 in the absence of another candidate for the Labor leadership and could become Prime Minister on July 20.

Yesterday, in his first major speech since Sir Keir announced he would step down, Mr Burnham promised to set up a new No10 operation in Manchester that would be the ‘nerve center of a restructuring Britain’.

He also promised to oversee ‘the biggest town hall program since the post-war era’ and allow regions to take ‘greater public control over essential services’, including water, energy and transport.

Mr Burnham said the proposals would provide ‘the greatest balancing of power our country has ever seen’, as he vowed to overcome Whitehall’s resistance to change.

‘Let me say this very directly: the days of Whitehall fighting the devolution of power to regions and nations are completely over,’ he added.

To reassure markets that he would not increase borrowing and taxes for his plans, Mr Burnham promised his measures would be based on the ‘stability that comes from sound public finances’ and the ‘discipline of our existing fiscal rules’.

But he acknowledged taxpayer-funded support would be needed to cope with the cost-of-living pressures faced by households.

Nigel Farage has demanded Mr Burnham call a general election if he replaces Sir Keir in Downing Street

Kemi Badenoch has warned Britain faces a ‘summer of chaos’ as Mr Burnham tries to figure out what he wants to do and who he wants in his government.

Mr Farage demanded Mr Burnham call a general election if he replaces Sir Keir at Downing Street, saying he would have “no authority” if he got into No 10 and that the public “deserves a vote”.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch warned Britain faces a ‘summer of chaos’ as Mr Burnham figures out what he wants to do and who he wants in his government.

He also said the economy was ‘in limbo’ as businesses waited to see what Mr Burnham would do.

In his speech on Monday, Mr Burnham appeared to rule out the possibility of an early general election, insisting his plans were ‘consistent’ with Labour’s 2024 manifesto.

This was despite him having previously made such a request when the Conservatives changed leaders while in power.

Mr Polanski has signaled he would be willing to cooperate or form a coalition with the Labor Government led by Mr Burnham.

But Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey refrained from commenting on whether his party would consider forming a coalition with Labor under Mr Burnham.

YouGov surveyed 2,437 British adults between 28 and 29 June.