Sir Keir Starmer is expected to address a mass meeting of his party’s backbench MPs tomorrow night as he battles to save his premiership, GB News understands.
The Prime Minister is expected to address concerns about the state of his leadership at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
It follows the resignation of Morgan McSweeney as the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff after coming under fire in the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.
GB News understands Sir Keir and Mr McSweeney had decided it was the right time to move on, but the Government’s policy agenda and commitment to its economic strategy has not changed.
It follows reports the Prime Minister is set to give an address to the nation as soon as tomorrow as he hopes to begin to move on from a week of bad news
A senior Downing Street source told The Telegraph: “The Prime Minister recognises the need for government to address the issues highlighted by the Mandelson revelations.
“Work began last week on this.
“The Prime Minister has instructed officials to move at pace to deliver change. He hopes to update the country as early as tomorrow.”
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