No kid gloves for Burnham’s first showing in the Commons as PM. PMQs tomorrow…
In a suit and tie…
UPDATE: Read Burnham’s full statement to the Commons below:
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New polling from More in Common has Labour in the lead at 26%, down two points from Burnham’s first week. The right is also tightening up:
“Reform and the Conservatives are tied within one percentage point of one another – but for the first time in 18 months, the Conservatives are in the lead.
This marks the Conservatives’ highest vote share since the beginning of this year, and Reform’s lowest since January 2025. While the Conservatives’ lead remains well within the margin of error, it ends Reform’s year-and-a-half streak of remaining in first or second place.”
Just as Farage re-enters the Commons…
UPDATE: A Tory source said: “It’s still a long way to go, but it’s now clear Reform are going backwards. A pointless by-election vs a bin, chronic infighting, and still no answers on the fishy £5m personal donation; Farage is floundering and his party has now slipped to third in the polls. It’s surely only a matter of time before Farage decides to throw in the towel.”
Uma Kumaran finally admits the quiet part out loud. Money from the country’s nearly empty defence coffers going straight to Mauritius…
Back in the saddle…
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”