August 11, 2026

UK Burnham Watch

Labour Retakes the Lead in Britain

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A new poll shows the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has a bigger bounce for his party than expected, with Labour now leading reform in the latest political polls. Labour took the lead by four over Reform. It is the first lead it has had since March 2025. Restore Britian was not offered as one of the choices in the poll.

Poll shows Labour ahead of Reform UK for first time since Burnham became PM – UK politics live | Politics– www.theguardian.com
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Labour has regained its lead over Reform UK in More in Common polling, Luke Tryl, its director, says.

Here are the figures it has released today.

Opinion poll Photograph: More in Common

Tryl says:

Our latest voting intention sees a cross over. Labour move ahead by 4. Their first lead since March 2025 & highest share since Nov 24

He also says the Greens are on their lowest share of the vote since Zack Polanski became leader.

This is the first poll to show Labour ahead of Reform UK since Andy Burnham became PM. Other polls last week showed Labour narrowly behind Nigel Farage’s party, or Labour and Reform UK neck and neck.

For much of the past year, Reform UK has had a lead of 10 points or more over other parties in most opinion polls. Here are the figures from the Politico poll of polls tracker.

Burnham brings members of Socialist Campaign Group into government | Andy Burnham– www.theguardian.com

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Burnham brings members of Socialist Campaign Group into government | Andy Burnham– www.theguardian.com
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Andy Burnham has appointed three new ministerial aides from Labour’s most leftwing faction, the first time members of the Socialist Campaign Group have been part of the government.

The new chief whip, Anneliese Midgley, has also promised MPs that the government will beef up the role of ministerial aides – known as parliamentary private secretaries (PPSs) – who traditionally go under the radar, allowing them to do more media appearances, take on parliamentary roles and contribute more directly to policy direction.

Burnham has said he wanted to end the Labour factionalism that divided the party under both Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer – and would seek to make appointments from the party’s left and centrist wings.

Though Burnham has returned several soft left ministers to key positions in the cabinet – such as Louise Haigh, Lucy Powell and Angela Rayner – there were no ministerial appointments from the party’s most leftwing caucus, the Socialist Campaign Group, which was the group affiliated with Corbyn.

UK PM Burnham vows to be ‘relentless’ on Channel migrant crossings | Migration– www.aljazeera.com

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UK PM Burnham vows to be ‘relentless’ on Channel migrant crossings | Migration– www.aljazeera.com
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said his government will be “relentless” in tackling small boat crossings across the English Channel, saying crossings are down by 50% compared with the same period last year despite Britain recording its highest daily arrival figure of 2026 last week.

Burnham to Host Zelenskyy in Signal of Continued UK Support– financialpost.com

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Burnham to Host Zelenskyy in Signal of Continued UK Support– financialpost.com
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In his first week in office, Burnham has focused on domestic issues, announcing a raft of cost-of-living measures, from capping bus fares to helping households with energy bills. His relationship with Zelenskyy will be a test of how decisively he is prepared to step onto the international stage.

Burnham Takes the Helm

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Andy Burnham took the helm of the United Kingdom on Monday, July 20. Burnham was coronated by his party to replace the outgoing leader of the party, Keir Starmer. So far, Burnham has hinted he will mostly be advancing the pro-immigrant, anti-nativist censorship policies of the previous regime.

‘I hear you’: Burnham’s pledge to ‘knock money off bills immediately’ signals politics of deliverism– www.france24.com
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