A s Andy Burnham prepares to mark his first 100 days in Downing Street he may have an unexpected problem - he has been too successful in nullifying the threat of Nigel Farage being prime minister.

An irrelevant Reform UK is the last thing Mr Burnham wants.

The polls this week show that without actually doing much to deserve it, the Labour prime minister has put his party in a position to win a majority at the next election.

The latest Ipsos poll, which put Labour on 32 per cent, suggested that another big majority is in his reach of north of 130, and rival pollsters FindOutNow, More in Common and YouGov have all suggested Mr Burnham has a big enough lead to win.

Burnham has governed on good vibes (Getty)

All this will fuel rabid speculation that there will be an early election .…