Backbenchers warn Andy Burnham against calling ‘carnage’ snap general election

Andy Burnham has been warned by his backbenchers that calling a snap general election will mean ‘carnage’ for scores of new MPs.

The Prime Minister was urged by one to ‘get on with the job of governing – not plunge us into uncertainty’.

Last week, The Mail on Sunday revealed that the new PM’s inner circle was considering an election next spring in a bid to get him a mandate from the people.

Mr Burnham was advised to think about going to the country two years earlier than he needed to in order to take advantage of the Right-wing vote being split between

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