The polls are all sending the same message. Andy Burnham is on course for a close, but clear, victory. At which point, the final act of Keir Starmer's premiership will open.

Burnham will have earned his bid for the top job and cheerleaders in Parliament want him to move fast. But a loss won't necessarily save Starmer

The polls are all sending the same message. Andy Burnham is on course for a close, but clear, victory. At which point, the final act of Keir Starmer's premiership will open.