A clear majority of voters - 59 per cent - want Mr Burnham to go to the country within a year of entering No10 rather than wait until the end of the five-year term won by Sir Keir Starmer in 2024.

PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham - who is expected to succeed Keir Starmer in No10 later this month - said his focus would be delivering on Labour’s 2024 election manifesto

A clear majority of voters - 59 per cent - want Mr Burnham to go to the country within a year of entering No10 rather than wait until the end of the five-year term won by Sir Keir…

Labour voters were the only section who believed that the incoming PM Burnham could govern without calling a general election.