Overview
- British media report Downing Street is preparing to counter a coordinated move by roughly 50 Labour MPs after the 26 November budget.
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting rejects talk of a leadership bid, calling it counterproductive, as a new 'Wes for Leader' website surfaces.
- In Parliament, Starmer said he did not authorize negative briefings and declared attacks on cabinet members unacceptable.
- The budget is expected to include tax increases that would break a key campaign pledge, a prospect adding to Labour anxiety as Reform UK leads polls.
- Labour rules require about 20% of MPs, roughly 80–81, to nominate an alternative leader, and YouGov now puts Starmer at 17% approval and 73% disapproval.