Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong?

Frustration with Starmer’s lack of visibility unlikely to be quelled by No 10 efforts to show up leadership challengers

Exclusive: No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of challenge after this month’s budget or May local elections

Briefings aimed at seeing off leadership plots may have left the PM more vulnerable, some in Labour fear.

Wes Streeting has urged Sir Keir Starmer to sack whoever is briefing the media about challenges to the PM's leadership.

Keir Starmer appears to be in so much trouble holding on as Labour leader and PM that Downing Street had to warn his potential successors. Political editor David Maddox looks at…

Starmer defends Wes Streeting at PMQs but dodges question on his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney

Briefings at top of government have sparked fresh questions about PM’s position and potential successors

PM declines to back his right hand man after ‘epic own goal’ over coup plot rumours

Fallout from extraordinary briefing operation against Wes Streeting continues as calls grow for Starmer to sack his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney

His alliance with the party’s anti-Corbyn faction was a shotgun marriage that totally lacked vision. Now Labour is paying the price, says Neal Lawson of the cross-party campaign…

PM stands by Morgan McSweeney and attempts to draw line under row in which leaks suggested Wes Streeting would launch a leadership challenge

It was already make or break for both residents of Downing Street, but whoever briefed against Wes Streeting has just made the task even worse, as Sean O’Grady explains

A briefing by his allies to British news outlets about alleged leadership challenge triggered a communications crisis.

Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong?

Briefing wars, toxic infighting, paranoid office politics: we’ve seen it all before. And once again, the drama at No 10 has absolutely nothing to do with us, says Guardian…