A revolt against Starmer is brewing in the Labor Party. Warnings from the British Prime Minister's allies

Downing Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer, amid concerns among the British prime minister's closest allies that he would be vulnerable to a challenge to his position after the budget vote amid low party ratings, The Guardian reports.

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Politicians closest to Starmer fear the prime minister's position is in jeopardy and that party members could try to challenge his leadership in the coming weeks, possibly after the budget is presented on November 26.

According to government sources, they are concerned by speculation among Labor MPs that Wes Streeting may be planning a coup against the prime minister to remove him from office – a move vehemently denied by the health secretary.

Cabinet ministers told The Guardian that Streeting would be just one of the Labor figures “maneuvering” for the job, but that none of them would immediately act against Starmer.

Starmer is determined to face any attempt to be replaced in office, those close to him told the British publication.

The British Prime Minister's political advisors warned that any attempt to remove him due to his declining popularity would be dangerous, as it risks destabilizing markets, international relations, and the Labor Party.

They insisted that Starmer would do his best to retain his leadership in any contest that might arise from a challenge to his leadership, either immediately after the budget is presented or after a possible defeat in May's UK local elections.

“Keir won't give up right now, not for Wes or anyone else”one of them said.

“The idea that they would leave if someone said the budget didn't pass is nonsense,” added a second. They said he is determined to keep fighting to bring change to the country.

“We have a difficult situation in the PLP [Partidul Laburist parlamentar]. We know everything is a bit hectic and everyone is worried. But the consequences of a leadership challenge would be enormous and people need to remember that,” said a senior ally.

“If you launch a challenge after only 18 months in government, you destabilize the markets, our allies and I don't think the public would forgive us. The impact would be very serious. Parliamentarians need to think about what a challenge would mean at this point.”

No Labor prime minister has ever been forced out of Downing Street by their own MPs. “To do so at this point in the cycle would be the height of irresponsibility. The party would not recover for a generation,” they added.

The Labor Party has fallen in the polls

According to Labor Party rules, it would take 20% of their MPs to put forward a challenger against Starmer, which would mean 81 members in the House of Commons.

The latest opinion polls put the right-wing populist Reform UK ahead of the Labor Party.

Furthermore, a recent YouGov poll found that 73% of those polled – 1,752 adults – think Starmer is not a good prime minister, compared to 17% who think he is doing a good job, while the rest did not answer.

Possible plot by the British Health Secretary

Senior British officials said they had received information that Streeting was backed by 50 cabinet members who would be prepared to resign if the budget fails – not being well received by the markets – and the prime minister does not resign, according to The Guardian.

The budget that the government will announce at the end of the month is highly anticipated, there are speculations that it will announce an increase in taxes to improve the situation of public finances, Labor thus violating its electoral promise not to increase them.

The UK's accumulated net debt reached 95.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in September, a level not seen since the 1960s.