Labour Angst Over Migrants and Welfare Will Test Burnham’s Backbone

If there’s one thing Andy Burnham’s friends and enemies can agree on, it’s that the UK prime minister is “a nice guy.” Niceness is a bankable political asset. The PM’s allies point to an immediate “Burnham bounce” — his approval ratings are up in every demographic, except right-wing Reform UK voters. What’s more, his upbeat style has paid dividends in a three-point increase in GfK’s consumer confidence index this month, to its highest level since Labour took power two years ago.