Keir Starmer is set to face Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday amid rumours of plots looking to oust him as leader.

On Tuesday evening, allies of the Prime Minister told several news outlets his job might be in jeopardy after the budget in two weeks’ time.

They were particularly suspicious of UK health secretary Wes Streeting’s leadership ambitions.

However Streeting categorically ruled out a bid to challenge the Prime Minister on Wednesday morning, describing rumours as “unhelpful” and “self-defeating”.

He also urged Starmer to sack whoever is briefing the media.

The flurry of late-night briefings from Number 10 on Tuesday warned that any attempt to oust the Prime Minister over tanking poll ratings would be a “reckless” and “dangerous” move that could destabilise the markets, in

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