Former UK Labour home secretary David Blunkett said Starmer should dismiss his top adviser and replace him with someone who can “manage people well”.

The intervention by Blunkett comes days after anonymous briefings by unnamed Downing Street sources claimed that Labour health secretary Wes Streeting was plotting to replace the prime minister.

Streeting denied the allegation and said it was proof of a “toxic culture” in No 10.

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Keir Starmer apologised to Streeting. He later said he had been assured the bri

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