Keir Starmer is struggling to quell chaos in his Cabinet today amid claims Angela Rayner is jockeying to replace him.
The PM signalled an extraordinary U-turn on cuts to winter fuel allowance yesterday as he bowed to a growing revolt on his benches.
And the humiliating move could only be the start with signs Sir Keir is also considering giving ground on the two-child benefit cap, amid alarm at Labour's poll plunge.
The pressure intensified as it emerged Ms Rayner's office wrote to embattled Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the Spring urging her to hike taxes again instead of cutting welfare.
The Deputy PM's aides have denied leaking the memo, and argued that such discussions are routine within government.
