But speaking to a conference fringe event on electoral reform, he insisted he was there “to support the Government” and wanted the Prime Minister to succeed. Mr Burnham said: “I’ve been accused of all things in the last week, as you can probably see. Mr Burnham said he wanted the Prime Minister to succeed (Danny Lawson/PA)The Energy Secretary said: “I am very, very clear with you about this. “We want to see the Labour Party do well. We’ve got to get behind our leader, we’ve got to get behind our team captain,” he said.