Burnham rules out snap election

Prime minister Andy Burnham said he can rule out calling a general election in the next twelve months, hours after delivering his first Budget with chancellor John Healey.

“I can rule out calling a general election in the next 12 months.”

Burnham: I'm thinking about people

Burnham said he was not thinking about himself or his party's prospects, but about helping people. He said he was leading from the front and putting Britain on a different path.

“I'm not thinking about myself. I'm not thinking about my own party and its prospects. I am thinking about people.”

Labour leads in latest polls

Ipsos polling shows Andy Burnham's Labour party is eight points clear of the Conservatives at thirty-two points to twenty-four. Reform UK is third on twenty points.

Farage: Budget signals early election

Nigel Farage said the Budget was a retail Budget aimed at an early general election. He noted fuel duty and VAT cuts on bills extended to July, asking what might happen in June.

“It was a retail Budget aimed at an early general election.”

Budget focuses on cost of living

Chancellor John Healey extended VAT cuts on electricity to July, announced changes to first-time buyer ISAs, and reversed Rachel Reeves' cut to cash ISA limits.Millions of households will receive one hundred pounds for energy bills.

Government maintains fiscal headroom

The government has fifteen billion pounds in headroom by the two thousand twenty-nine thirty financial year despite recent rises in bond yields. Healey pledged to remain fiscally responsible and bring debt levels down.