It’s safe to say, Andy Burnham hasn’t wasted any time since becoming prime minister – and it looks like his policy announcements are already bearing fruit in the polls.
On Thursday, Burnham made his third early morning policy announcement in as many days, when he confirmed that his government would slash hospitality business rates by 20% from next April.
This came after Burnham had announced VAT would be scrapped on electricity bills and the introduction of a Ā£2 bus fare cap for most of England in his first two days in office.
The policies have been met with a widely positive reception, and this, combined with the popularity Burnham already had before entering Number 10, seems to have all contributed to a huge polling boost for Labour.
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This week a number of polls have been released showing a surge in support for Labour, along with either a drop in support or no change for Reform UK.
This trend continued on Thursday when not one but two polls were published showing Labour closing the gap on Reform.
The first came from More in Common, who found that Reform are on 26%, with no change since the last poll, while Labour jumped up by two points to 24%. The Conservatives meanwhile are on 22%, with the Greens and Lib Dems on 11% each.
With a gap of just two points between Labour and Reform, this is the closest the two parties have been since April 2025.
Later on Thursday morning, Find Out Now published their latest voting intention polling, with very similar results.
Once again, there was no change in support for Reform, who stayed on 26%. But this time, Labour increased their score by three points to 24%, placing them in second, two points behind Nigel Farage’s party.
This was Labour’s highest vote share with Find Out Now in over a year.
It seems both the Burnham bounce and Reform fatigue are showing no signs of letting up.