Andy Burnham vows no early general election before 2029

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Andy Burnham has ruled out calling an early general election and said he will ‘honour’ Keir Starmer’s manifesto. The new Prime Minister insisted he ‘faced the public’ in the Makerfield by-election and had a mandate for his sweeping changes to the country. Burnham was speaking after a busy first week in the top job, during which he pledged to roll out the biggest changes the UK has seen in four years. He has already announced a nationwide single fare bus cap at £2 and plans to scrap VAT on household electricity bills. The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg put it to Burnham that 48 million people in the electorate had not had a say on his ideas. Burnham was speaking from No 10 North in Manches