Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been forced to deny he is plotting to knife Keir Starmer in the back, as the Government descends into chaos.
Rumours about the Prime Minister’s future have reached fever pitch after Downing Street took the extraordinary step of launching a desperate bid to shore up his leadership, amid growing fears he could face the chop.
In a rare intervention, Sir Keir’s allies tried to warn off would-be mutineers, insisting it would be madness to topple the PM now, and making it crystal clear he will fight any attempt to oust him.
But furious critics have accused No10 of retreating into “complete bunker mode” and claimed they have “shot themselves in the face” with the panicked move.
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