By Natasha Clark

Westminster's gone into overdrive in the last 24 hours over astonishing claims of a plot to bring down the prime minister.

It began with briefings from some in Downing Street yesterday, which warned they feared the PM could face a challenge as soon as after the Budget, in a few weeks' time.

They pointed the finger at Wes Streeting and others for possible plots to try and oust him.

That prompted an evening and a morning of feverish discussion in Whitehall - is there a plot? Will MPs move? Does the prime minister fear for his position?

It's all too much like a plot from the Traitors, as Mr Streeting himself told LBC this morning.

Let's take a step back.

It's fair to say that the discussions around the prime minister's leadership, and whether he will make it to the next election, have significantly stepped up in recent weeks.

The mood in the Parliamentary Labour Party........

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