The questions Andy Burnham urgently needs to answer

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : What is your position on Brexit? The biggest U-turn during the Makerfield by-election campaign was in regards to Brexit.
50% : Then there is the 2024 election manifesto and the promise not to raise VAT, income tax or personal contributions for National Insurance.
48% : Some believe that Mr Burnham needs a fresh mandate if he is to enact a bold vision - especially if he ignores the 2024 manifesto on tax.
47% : His key lieutenant, former cabinet minister Lou Haigh, has talked about raising capital gains tax but, as Mr Badenoch pointed out, that is likely to kill investment and start ups in the UK.
45% : Will you raise tax?
44% : Mr Burnham, for his part, has already U-turned on so many things - including compensating Waspi women, immigration and Brexit - that it is hard to know what he stands for.
44% : Mr Burnham went from wanting to rejoin the EU to not being so sure when he ran for parliament in a pro-Leave seat.
42% : Former PM John Major says the UK needs to rejoin the EU's single market within five years as a matter of priority and cites a loss of £100bn a year in trade and £40bn in tax revenue.
39% : Investing in high streets also costs money, while boosting welfare and defence spending hits any budget hard.
39% : The obvious route to raising cash is to hike taxes.

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