Labour Catches Reform in UK Polls After Burnham PM Rise

Britain's Labour Party has caught up with or overtaken Nigel Farage's Reform UK in national opinion polls following Andy Burnham's appointment as Prime Minister. Multiple surveys published July 28 show the Labour surge and Reform's lost lead.

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UK's Labour Party catches Reform in polls after Burnham becomes PM

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LONDON, July 28 - Britain's governing Labour Party has caught up with, or overtaken, Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK in the polls, according to three different surveys which showed a bounce for new leader Andy Burnham a week after he became prime minister.

Polls open in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection overshadowed by new PM and Farage’s antics

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Labour’s Bev Craig expected to win contest that lost column inches to Andy Burnham’s ascent and Reform UK leader’s self-imposed Clacton vote Voting has begun in the biggest byelection in British political history, with more than 2 million people eligible to choose Andy Burnham’s successor as Greater Manchester mayor. In normal times, such a large and politically significant byelection would have d