Andy Burnham has been accused of ‘bottling’ plans for an early election after polls showed he would lose Labour‘s majority.
The Prime Minister moved to kill off speculation about a snap poll to prevent it overshadowing Labour’s annual conference, which begins in Liverpool on Sunday.
Aides had flirted with the idea of an early election to secure a mandate for Mr Burnham, who entered Downing Street in a Labour ‘coronation’ after orchestrating a coup against Keir Starmer.
But polls conducted in recent days suggested going to the country now would see Labour lose its majority. Ed Miliband, Yvette Cooper and John Healey were
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