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- Prime Minister Andy Burnham tops Ipsos and YouGov polls as the United Kingdom’s most popular politician.
- Political analyst Sam Freedman says Burnham could call an early election before the scheduled 2029 vote.
- Burnham capped bus fares, cut electricity VAT, and reduced pub business rates.
- Burnham pledged the biggest post-World II social-housing build-out and a national reindustrialisation plan.
- His government keeps a 3.5% of GDP defence spending goal for 2035, funding unclear.