Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Calls on Labour to Move On After Keir Starmer Says Sorry to Wes Streeting for Negative Backgrounding

Senior Labour Party official Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has demanded the party to leave behind party tensions after leader Sir Keir Starmer directly apologised to health minister Wes Streeting MP over negative leaked comments linked to the Prime Minister's office.

Key Developments

• Miliband declares the Prime Minister will sack the Downing Street source behind for targeting Streeting if discovered
• Miliband dismisses future party leader aspirations, declaring his past time as Labour leader was the "strongest protection" against seeking the role again
• British economy grew by just 0.1% in the July-September period, hit by the JLR cyber-attack

Context

The internal unrest erupted after allegations surfaced about negative briefings from Starmer's supporters targeting the Health Secretary. Despite early attempts to dismiss the incident, the discussion between the PM and Streeting according to sources took a more serious direction.

Starmer expressed regret to Wes Streeting, journalists have been told. The conversation was brief, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under increasing scrutiny to sack.

Miliband's Reaction

In his morning broadcast interviews, Miliband highlighted the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on country-wide issues rather than internal divisions.

Clearly, I think the media briefing has been bad, no question.

But my call to the Labour members today is clear, which is we need to prioritize the public, not each other.

We were given a major mandate last summer, a historic opportunity to change our nation. And we have a serious duty.

Growth News

Meanwhile, official data revealed the UK economic performance grew by just 0.1% in the July-September period, with the production sector especially hit by the recently reported JLR security incident.

Today's Schedule

• Morning: The National Health Service publishes its monthly statistics
• Today: The Health Secretary visits the Liverpool area
• Today: The Chancellor makes comments to the press
• 11.30am: Downing Street holds its daily lobby briefing
• Today: The Prime Minister highlights government plans for the Britain's pioneering small modular reactor project at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey