Burnham claiming he won't hold the general election until 2029 confirms he's lying. A Prime Minister leaving it until the very last minute, when he's boxed in, is something that rarely happens.
BREAKING: Andy Burnham has pledged that he will not call a general election until one is due in 2029
He is moving to kill speculation about an early election (Bloomberg reported last Saturday that people close to Burnham had decided against it)
Burnham says re 2029: “that’s when the next election will be”
He categorically rules out an early election, including in May 2027
Asked about May 2027: “Absolutely not”
PM: “No election any time soon”
“All of this speculation on an early election, I can knock that dead,” he says, in a series of regional interviews with the BBC and ITV this afternoon