Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Look Ahead Following Starmer Apologises to Streeting for Aggressive Backgrounding

Senior Labour Party official Ed Miliband has urged the party to leave behind internal conflicts after leader Keir Starmer directly apologised to health minister Wes Streeting MP over hostile briefings originating from the Prime Minister's office.

Important Events

• Miliband states the Prime Minister will dismiss the No 10 source responsible for attacking Streeting if discovered
• The Energy Secretary rejects any leadership plans, declaring his previous experience as Labour leader was the "strongest vaccine" against desiring the position again
• British economy expanded by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, impacted by the JLR cyber-attack

Background

The political turmoil started after allegations surfaced about hostile background comments from Starmer's allies targeting Streeting. Although initial efforts to minimize the incident, the talk between Starmer and the health minister apparently took a more serious direction.

Starmer said sorry to Wes Streeting, reporters have been told. The conversation was short, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under increasing scrutiny to remove.

Miliband's Statement

In his morning media interviews, Ed Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on country-wide priorities rather than party disputes.

Clearly, I think the backgrounding has been unhelpful, without doubt.

But my message to the Labour members now is clear, which is we need to concentrate on the public, not ourselves.

We were given a major election win last summer, a important chance to improve our country. And we have a historic duty.

Growth News

Separately, government statistics indicated the UK economy increased by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, with the production industry especially impacted by the recent Jaguar Land Rover hack.

The Day's Schedule

• 9.30am: NHS England issues its monthly data
• Morning: Wes Streeting is visiting the Liverpool area
• Today: The Chancellor makes comments to the journalists
• Late morning: Number 10 conducts its regular lobby briefing
• Morning: Keir Starmer promotes government plans for the Britain's pioneering small modular reactor plant at Wylfa site on the island of Anglesey