Wider polling has also consistently shown high levels of support for the Palestinian cause among the British Muslim community. He told the Daily Mail: “Labour's Votes at 16 plan could backfire in spectacular fashion. In 2025, Burnham supported then-Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s intention to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote. The MCB’s report, titled British Muslims in numbers: a statistical compendium, analysed the impact of a major and continuous demographic shift in Britain over the coming years. Over 45 per cent of British Muslims are aged under 25, with Muslims now accounting for one in ten schoolchildren in the UK.