Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who has denied plotting to oust the Prime Minister in a coup, will also be in the public eye on Wednesday – facing the media morning round and later speaking at a health conference.

A cloak-and-dagger briefing war emerged on Tuesday night, in which allies of the Prime Minister came out fighting on his behalf amid fears his job could be under threat in as little as two weeks’ time, after the Budget.

A spokesman for Mr Streeting was forced to deny reports that he has a group of some 50 Labour frontbenchers ready to walk away from Government should the November 26 financial statement land badly.

Reporting over the last week has suggested a growing number of Labour MPs are unhappy with the Prime Minister’s performance and the party’s poll ratings, and are plo

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