Sir Keir Starmer will hold an in-person showdown with Wes Streeting before the King's Speech today, with the PM fighting tooth-and-nail to stay in power.
The Health Secretary is expected in Downing Street in a matter of hours, where he is set to directly challenge Sir Keir on his Monday "reset" speech - which pushed dozens of MPs to call for him to go.
Despite telling ministers he would discuss the leadership crisis yesterday, the PM refused to speak to Mr Streeting in No10 after his Cabinet met.
And last night, Sir Keir was left feeling confident he had seen off any immediate threat to his job - with a public challenge from the Health Secretary nowhere to be seen.
One Government source told The Telegraph he had “f***ed it” by failing to move against the PM. A Labour MP said he had "bottled it".
Another insider suggested to The Guardian that Mr Streeting did not yet have the backing of the 81 MPs he would need to launch a formal leadership bid.
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Almost HALF of Britons demand change of PM - but only at some point this year
New data from the pollsters at More in Common have revealed that 46 per cent of Britons believe a change of Prime Minister would be good for Britain.
However, they claimed a change would only be necessary during the course of this year.
Some 17 per cent claimed the No10 switch-up to be viewed negatively, while 26 per cent believe Sir Keir's tenure end would be neither good nor bad.
Of Labour voters, some 41 per cent see a change of leadership in a positive light.
Major spanner in the works for Keir Starmer as ELEVEN Labour-backing unions predict he won't last until next election
Sir Keir Starmer will not lead Labour into the next General Election, 11 of the party's biggest union backers have predicted, in yet another public blow to the Prime Minister's grip on power.
The bodies, including Unite, Unison and the GMB, are set to issue a joint statement today warning that Labour will "at some stage" need to have a plan toelect a new leader.
At a private meeting yesterday, the unions were at war with each other over whether to publicly call for the PM to go, according to The Guardian.
One source told the newspaper a "big fight" had broken out among officials.
But the unions are now said to have agreed to release the statement today - which will warn that Labour "cannot continue on its current path" and demand the party tacks harder to the left "in the interest of workers".
Back to business: What can be expected in the King's Speech?
Amid the race to topple Sir Keir Starmer, the King will be opening Parliament today - with a slew of new priorities set to be laid out to Britain ahead of the next parliamentary session.
Migration, Net Zero and reforms to special educational needs and disabilities (Send) schooling will all play a key role, as will the proscription of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Labour is set to unveil plans to restrict the use of Article 8 of the ECHR - which has been relied on by human rights lawyers to secure asylum for their criminal migrant clients in Britain, like the case of the infamous "chicken nugget migrant".
An independent appeal body could also be established to hear claims currently considered by judges.
Leasehold reforms are also expected to be in the speech, with the Government said it wants to "give people more control over how they live in their own homes".
"My Government will deliver on the promise of change for the British people," Sir Keir Starmer said - though more than 90 MPs are calling for someone else to take it over.
After he meets Wes Streeting... Keir Starmer to meet Scottish First Minister 'to discuss independence referendum'
Sir Keir Starmer will hold in-person talks with John Swinney 'to discuss a referendum on independence' | GETTYSir Keir Starmer will hold in-person talks with John Swinney "to discuss a referendum on independence", according to the Scottish First Minister.
Mr Swinney described the Prime Minister's decision to agree to a face-to face meeting as "particularly welcome".
It has been scheduled for next month - so amid extraordinary pressure for Sir Keir to step down, the First Minister may be meeting someone else entirely.
No10 has so far denied claims that Scotland's constitutional future will be on the agenda, insisting the talks will focus on "shared issues".
Reform UK's Nick Candy demands immediate General Election amid Labour power crisis
Reform UK Treasurer Nick Candy has demanded an immediate General Election if Sir Keir Starmer is ousted by his mutinous party.
With more than 90 Labour MPs now calling for Sir Keir to go, the party grandee has issued a scathing put-down of the state of democracy in Britain following a "constant roundabout" of Conservative and Labour PMs.
"How can anyone expect economic prosperity and social stability when there is constant uncertainty at the top?" Mr Candy asked, writing in the Daily Mail.
"We have to put an end to it," he said. "If Starmer goes, as I believe he inevitably soon will, Britain must have an immediate General Election.
"Anything less risks undermining a democratic tradition that stretches back almost 340 years."
In what may be a hint as to Reform's plans for power, Mr Candy added that no Prime Minister should be able to be replaced - except in "genuinely exceptional" circumstances like serious ill health.
"If the leader of the party chosen to rule by the electorate is fit to govern, he or she must stay in power - or the country should go back to the polls," he said.
As part of Reform's structure, the party's leader retains ultimate control over party governance and cannot be voted out by members.
'Get your energy running!' Donald Trump attacks Keir Starmer's Net Zero drive - just as Ed Miliband 'prepares bid to take over as PM'
Sir Keir Starmer must open the North Sea and stop illegal immigration to get his premiership back on track, Donald Trump told GB News yesterday evening.
Asked by GB News why Sir Keir had lost the support of the country, Mr Trump said: "His two biggest problems are energy and immigration.
"Those are his two big problems. He's should open up the North Sea immediately and get your energy running the right way and he's got to stop the illegal migration."
Mr Trump went onto warn he was "windmilling the country to death".
The Prime Minister consistently resists calls to expand exploration licences in the North Sea, instead insisting renewables will deliver lower energy prices.
But Wes Streeting's one-on-one challenge to the Prime Minister today could mean Mr Trump may soon see an even more pro-Net Zero PM: Ed Miliband.
A senior Government source told The Telegraph last night that a "soft-left" challenger could emerge as a rival to Mr Streeting if the Health Secretary publicly launches a challenge.
"It looks like that is going to be Ed Miliband," they revealed.