Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Look Ahead Following Starmer Apologises to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Backgrounding
High-ranking Labour Party figure Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has demanded the party to put aside party disputes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer personally said sorry to Health Secretary Wes Streeting over negative media stories linked to the Prime Minister's office.
Major Developments
- Miliband states the Prime Minister will sack the Downing Street source behind for targeting Streeting if discovered
- The Energy Secretary rules out future party leader ambitions, declaring his past experience as leader was the "best protection" against seeking the role again
- British economic growth expanded by just 0.1% in the third quarter, affected by the Jaguar Land Rover security breach
Situation
The political unrest erupted after allegations surfaced about negative briefings from the Prime Minister's supporters targeting Streeting. Although initial attempts to minimize the incident, the discussion between the PM and Streeting according to sources took a different turn.
Starmer apologised to Streeting, journalists have been told. The discussion was concise, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under growing pressure to remove.
Miliband's Reaction
In his morning broadcast interviews, Miliband highlighted the need for the party to direct attention on country-wide matters rather than internal disputes.
Clearly, I think the media briefing has been unhelpful, certainly.
But my call to the party now is straightforward, which is we need to focus on the public, not our internal matters.
We were given a significant mandate last July, a major chance to change our country. And we have a major obligation.
Economic News
Meanwhile, government figures showed the UK economy expanded by just 0.1% in the July-September period, with the production industry particularly affected by the recently reported Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack.
Today's Agenda
- 9.30am: NHS England issues its latest data
- Today: The Health Secretary is visiting the Liverpool area
- Morning: The Chancellor makes comments to the journalists
- Late morning: Number 10 holds its daily media briefing
- Today: The Prime Minister highlights government plans for the UK's first nuclear power project at Wylfa on Anglesey
