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Wes Streeting has called for the Prime Minister to sack the people behind “self-defeating” rumours about a Labour leadership challenge.

The Health Secretary categorically denied that he was plotting to oust Sir Keir Starmer , comparing suggestions he would do so to conspiracy theories.

His comments follow a flurry of late-night briefing from within Number 10 in which allies of the Prime Minister came out fighting on his behalf, amid fears his job could be under threat after the Budget in two weeks’ time.

In a series of broadcast interviews on Wednesday, Mr Streeting

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