Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has insisted the party is united behind Ed Miliband's leadership denying growing unrest among backbenchers.
MPs are understood to be increasingly disgruntled with Mr Miliband's performance with the General Election campaign just around the corner and there have been claims a letter is being circulated calling for him to go.
At the weekend a YouGov poll put him at an all-time low in the popularity stakes - behind even Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who until now had been the bellwhether for leadership unpopularity.
On Wednesday he carried out a mini reshuffle taking advantage of a vacancy created by Jim Murphy quitting the shadow cabinet to stand for Scottish Labour leader to freshen up his team.
It came as the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine wrote that he was out of touch with ordinary voters.
However, shadow chancellor Ed Balls denied a Labour rift and said that it was the Conservatives who had been riven by dissent.
He said: "All I know is that everybody in the Labour Party, from Ed Miliband down, is focused on tackling the cost-of-living crisis, building an economy which works for working people, reforming Europe but not walking away, having tough and fair controls on immigration, saving our National Health Service - that's what Labour's for.
"It's the Conservative Party which are riven and divided and defecting left, right and centre. We will focus on Tory division, Labour will stay united."
He added: "I think it is all nonsense."
Another Labour source told Sky News: "We have spent four years being united as a party in a determination to be a one-term opposition.
"We're not going to be distracted by noises-off now."
Another added: "I think the leadership challenge stuff is b******* mainly because there's not a candidate who would be willing to do it"
Mr Miliband's approval ratings have dropped ever since he was elected leader in September 2010.
There have been occasional bounces, including the energy price freeze announcement at the party conference in 2013, but his ratings were still minus 30 then and it was downhill from there.
Among the notable lows was the "bacon sandwich moment" - when unflattering pictures of him eating were published during the local and European election campaign in May.
Following what has been widely viewed as a disastrous party conference speech in September, during which he forgot to mention the deficit, backbenchers have become more disillusioned with his leadership.
Many, including Labour veterans, have openly said he is a hard sell to people on the doorstep.
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