An early general election would be a ‘hell of a risk’ for Andy Burnham, a leading pollster has warned, as a survey showed anger over the Government’s failure to tackle welfare spending.
The Prime Minister would lose a ‘significant’ number of MPs if he went to the country now – even under ‘the most optimistic scenarios’, according to More in Common director Luke Tryl.
His warning came as the pollster published research suggesting voters think last week’s Budget falls short of Mr Burnham’s promises on ‘every issue’.
On reducing the welfare bill, only 19 per cent thought the Budget ‘lives up to’ the
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