Andy Burnham has ended his first week as Prime Minister with a flurry of retail politics — a £2 bus fare cap, VAT removed from electricity bills through winter, and 20% business rates relief for pubs and music venues. He opened No 10 North in Manchester, chairing the revived national economic council with regional mayors, and categorically ruled out a snap election, telling the Manchester Evening News: "I don't think that is right... A general election would...