Sir Keir Starmer’s own allies have warned that the Prime Minister is “too weak” to sack Wes Streeting after a string of rumoured coup attempts.

After the dust settled on a chaotic Monday which saw Anas Sarwar call for the PM to resign, Mr Streeting was forced to rein in his ambitions.

But Sir Keir’s allies have since issued a damning assessment of their own Prime Minister.

“I don’t think he can sack Wes, I don’t think he has the strength to sack anyone right now,” one told the FT. “He’s too weak.”

One of his team added: “Sacking Wes would just uncork even more political chaos of the kind we’re trying to avoid.”

But the cork could burst in just weeks – Mr Streeting’s own backers insist he still wants to replace the PM, and is willing to stand against him after February 26’s by-election in a bid to get in ahead of potential rival Angela Rayner.

After Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, the PM and Health Secretary held one-on-one “clear the air” talks, one source said.

But a Streeting ally then told The Guardian: “Nothing has changed… There was a big performance of unity yesterday but Keir is no safer than he was yesterday.

“At this point Keir is a zombie. He is in the Theresa May phase of his leadership.”

A spokesman for the Health Secretary said that claims of a challenge were “categorically not true”.

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Keir Starmer to face Kemi Badenoch at PMQs later today

Sir Keir Starmer will face Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday after fighting back against pressure to quit.

It comes after the Prime Minister pledged to “never walk away” from his mandate, and said he would lead the Labour Party into the next general election.

Sir Keir hit out at infighting within his party and said the political “turmoil” would not stop him after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for him to resign.

The Prime Minister insisted his top team was “strong and united” as he thanked ministers at a Cabinet meeting for rallying around him with public messages of support.

Labour set to appoint ‘Queen of Woke’ as Britain’s first female Cabinet Secretary after string of departures

The so-called “Queen of Woke“, Dame Antonia Romeo, is set to become Britain’s first female Cabinet Secretary – the head of the Civil Service.

She replaces Sir Chris Wormald – set to depart in a major shake-up of Sir Keir Starmer’s operation who had been panned for his reluctance to bring reforms to Whitehall.

Sir Chris, the shortest serving Cabinet Secretary in history, is rumoured to have been offered a seat in the Lords in exchange for his resignation.

He is also set to receive a £250,000 payoff, in addition to his £2.5million taxpayer-funded pension.

A decade ago, Dame Antonia served as Her Majesty’s Consul General in New York where she was accused of “terrorising” staff who criticised her spending.

Dubbed by some the “Queen of Woke”, she had previously served as the “Civil Service gender inclusion champion”, and previously said that diversity and inclusion policies were crucial in Whitehall.