Gordon Brown
Seventy Labour MPs would need to back a challenger to Gordon Brown
Chancellor Alistair Darling has urged Labour colleagues to "get behind" Gordon Brown who, he said, was the "right person to lead this country".
People expected the government to be tackling the "unprecedented turbulence" in the financial markets, he said.
Labour's ruling National Executive Committee is due to discuss rebel MPs' call for leadership nomination forms to be sent out to all Labour MPs.
Twelve have requested forms but would need 70 MPs' support for a contest.
On Monday an unnamed, middle-ranking, government minister told the BBC he was considering resigning over Mr Brown's leadership, saying: "You can't go on saying 'I think Gordon Brown is the man to lead us to victory' when you don't believe it."
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