Overview
- BBC reporting says Labour colleagues could move to challenge Keir Starmer in early December, roughly two weeks after the 26 November budget statement.
- Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, says Starmer’s team believes Health Secretary Wes Streeting has prepared a coup, a claim his representative calls categorically false.
- BBC sources name Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Health Secretary Wes Streeting as possible contenders if a leadership contest is triggered.
- Starmer allies are described as warning that an internal bid to remove the leader could unsettle markets and undermine government finances.
- No formal challenge has been launched, though polling cited in the coverage shows Starmer’s approval at low levels.