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Downing Street Denies Burnham Plans Snap Election

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  • UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will address the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Sunday.
  • Downing Street denied rumours that Burnham will call a snap election before the conference.
  • Chancellor John Healey will deliver the first Burnham-era budget on 28 October.
  • Bloomberg Economics estimates rising gilt yields will erase £12bn from Healey’s £23.6bn buffer.
  • An Opinium poll on 11 September found 80% of Lib Dem/Green voters might back Labour.