Andy Burnham is significantly more trusted by voters on the economy than Nigel Farage and Sir Keir Starmer – but the public wants him to follow through on suggestions of a tax cut for workers.
The likely next prime minister has a net trust score on the economy of -8 per cent, 16 points ahead of Farage and 23 ahead of Starmer, but one point behind Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, according to the BMG Research poll for The i Paper.
As Burnham prepares to deliver a major speech on the economy on Monday, it is a boost for his argument that he is best placed to take on Reform UK and comes after figures showed he will give the party a significant “bounce” in the polls.
But in a sign of the challenge facing Burnham if he becomes prime minister, voters are clamouring for a tax cut that he suggested he could push through during his victorious Makerfield by-election campaign.
Nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of voters want Burnham to raise the threshold at which workers start to pay income tax, with just 11 per cent opposing the move.
