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Labor MP It is being said that they are plotting to oust sir keir starmerdespite Prime Minister Welcoming rebel backbenchers back into the fold.
This comes amid disappointment and concern over the party’s poll ratings Government may break Labor Party’s manifesto promise of not increasing income tax To fill a hole in the public finances.
The warnings come less than 18 months after Labor won a historic majority, and the government is now seeing growing discontent Labor is brewing among backbenchers,
However, no challenge against the Prime Minister is believed to be imminent, several MPs, Cabinet ministers and party strategists said i paper Talk about Sir Keir’s future has increased in recent weeks amid ongoing turmoil in the government.
The latest warnings come after a new poll by More in the Commons put Labor in third place behind Reform and the Tories, falling three points to just 18 per cent support.
The Conservatives overtook Sir Keir’s party and overtook Labor with 19 per cent support, while Reform remained ahead with 31 per cent support.
Speaking the morning after Sir Keir addressed a meeting of the Parliamentary Labor Party last week, a minister said he and his colleagues were “talking about who will replace him, how and when”.
Meanwhile, a Labor backbencher accused the PM of being in denial about the fragility of his position, saying: “It’s a mixture of everything. It’s a messy shuffle. It’s all poll ratings.”
“The manifesto commitment to raise income tax in the Budget would be to break. This is Peter Mandelson. There is a perception among the PLP that the Prime Minister and Downing Street don’t really like them or respect them. Eventually, that feeling becomes mutual.”
Another told the newspaper: “One question is about the timing of when he will be replaced and the other question is about the process. In the last few weeks, talks between the two have intensified again, so people are now talking about what the process might look like and what timing would be best, rather than just grumbling.”
It comes as the party reinstated the whip to four MPs who led a rebellion against government plans to reform benefits, in what was seen as an attempt to boost party unity.
Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliffe, Brian Leishman and Rachel Maskell had the whip suspended in July.
They are all understood to have returned to the parliamentary Labor Party after discussions with Chief Whip Jonathan Reynolds on Friday.
More than 100 Labor MPs joined rebels in threatening to block welfare reforms pushed by ministers earlier this year over fears they would harm people claiming disability benefits.
All three MPs, except York Central MP Ms Maskell, were elected for the first time in last year’s election.
After the whip was reinstated she told the PA news agency that she was “thoroughly Labor and will always stand up for Labor values”.
Ms Maskell said, “I am grateful that the whip has been properly reinstated and want to especially thank everyone who has been so kind to me over the past few months.”
The Prime Minister, who went to the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil this week, has found himself surrounded by a number of challenges upon his return.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has apologized after an investigation found she “inadvertently” breached the governance code on public appointments.
She had failed to declare that she had received a donation of £2,900 from her choice to chair the new football watchdog.
The Tories are also calling for Sir Keir to face further investigation from the government’s ethics adviser because he has also received donations from David Cogan.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy has come under criticism over his handling of the mistaken release of a prisoner from HMP Wandsworth in south-west London.
The prisoner, 24-year-old Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Chérif, was returned to prison on Friday.
But Mr Lammy was criticized for his decision not to address the mistake when he appeared to answer Prime Minister’s Questions, despite being informed of it.
To make matters worse for the government, newly elected Labor deputy leader Lucy Powell earlier this week urged the government not to raise taxes in the upcoming budget, amid speculation that the Chancellor is plotting to raise income tax.
Ms Powell warned that breaking Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT could damage “confidence in politics”.
In September, between fall to The dismissal of Peter Mandelson, a number of Labor MP warned sir publicly Kir On the verge of being fired after a tumultuous first year in office.
Britain’s ambassador to the US dramatically sacked The Prime Minister’s judgment has come into serious question after new revelations emerged about her relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Richard Bergen, The Prime Minister must “immediately change course” or he will be gone by May, the Leeds East MP said, adding that it is “inevitable” that the Prime Minister will be forced to step down if the local elections go as badly as forecast.
partner Labor MP clive lewis warned that Sir Keir “doesn’t seem fit for the job”, while Graham Stringer said Sir Keir was “working in a last-chance salon”.