Labour is on high alert for a May election amid Andy Burnham‘s poll bounce and the Budget delaying difficult decisions.
MPs are bracing for the PM to pull the trigger next spring despite his repeated assurances that there will not be a national vote in 2027.
Opinium research carried out largely after the Chancellor’s fiscal package put Labour on 30 per cent, with Reform and the Tories statistically tied on 22 per cent and 20 per cent respectively.
That kind of split could deliver a handsome majority of nearly 100 for Mr Burnham, according to Electoral Calculus estimates.
The speculation has been fuelled by
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