Andy Burnham delivers a speech focusing on the forming of closer ties with the Scottish government in Motherwell last week.Labour’s surge under Andy Burnham is continuing while Reform UK continue to struggle, according to a new poll.
The YouGov survey puts support for Labour on 27%, up 3 points in the past week.
The Tories are unchanged on 23%, with Reform up a point to 22%.
It suggests that the so-called “Burnham bounce” Labour has enjoyed since Burnham replaced Keir Starmer as prime minister is continuing.
A poll of polls by Election Maps UK gives Labour a five-point lead over Reform, who started off 2026 with a lead of around 10 points.
Since winning the local elections in May, support for Reform has declined dramatically as the party and leader Nigel Farage have become embroiled in a series of controversies.
Farage is being investigated by the parliamentary standards commissioner for failing to declare a £5 million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne before he became an MP in 2024.
The Metropolitan Police are probing the outcome of an undercover sting by Channel 4 which appeared to show senior Reform officials trying to solicit an illegal donation from a wealthy American.
Meanwhile, a separate investigation by ITV showed Reform councillors and candidates making racist and sexist remarks.
The YouGov poll also provided further proof that the Greens are on the slide amid the row over the party’s new “Zionism is racism” policy.
Support for the party has dropped by a point to 10%, putting them behind the Lib Dems on 11%.
However, polling experts have rejected suggestions that the UK is entering another era of two-party politics.
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