TUC general secretary Paul Nowak has suggested Andy Burnham could call an early general election if the prime minister decides Sir Keir Starmer’s 2024 election manifesto leaves too little room to change economic policy.
Mr Nowak made the comments in interviews ahead of the TUC’s 158th annual Congress, which runs in Brighton from Sunday to Wednesday. He also called for a series of measures to help workers, including more taxes on the financial sector, the insourcing of public services and the delivery of new employment rights in full.
Speaking to GB News, he said: “I don’t think that the public are battering down Andy Burnham’s door in Downing Street, saying, ‘Let’s have a general election’. We’ve got to get through the first Budget.
“Let’s see Andy’s 10-year plan. He might decide, actually, ‘I’ve not got enough room within the manifesto to deliver the change that I think we need to see.’”
Tax and the Budget
Chancellor John Healey, who will deliver his first Budget on 28 October, has said the new government is continuity Labour.
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