Burnham Goes Into Number 10 With A Strong Approval Rating

“Since it became clear that Andy Burnham was going to be the next Labour leader and Prime Minister, there’s been a bit of an uplift for Labour in the polls.” Burnham will begin his time as Prime Minister with a “pretty strong approval rating”, but whether he can maintain it will depend on delivering “meaningful change” in voters’ lives, says Lecturer in British Politics at the University of Manchester, Timothy Oliver. Timothy Oliver was speaking to Rosie Wright and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Friday to Sunday, 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes   Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes