Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Urges Labour to Look Ahead Following Keir Starmer Apologises to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Briefings
Senior Labour Party official Ed Miliband has called for the party to leave behind internal conflicts after PM Keir Starmer personally apologised to health minister Wes Streeting MP over hostile leaked comments linked to Downing Street.
Important Updates
- Miliband states the Prime Minister will sack the No 10 staffer behind for targeting Wes Streeting if identified
- Miliband rejects any party leader ambitions, declaring his previous experience as Labour leader was the "most effective inoculation" against seeking the role again
- British economy increased by just 0.1% in the July-September period, hit by the Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack
Context
The political unrest began after media stories surfaced about hostile background comments from the Prime Minister's allies targeting the Health Secretary. Despite early attempts to minimize the incident, the talk between the PM and the health minister reportedly took a different direction.
Starmer expressed regret to Streeting, the media have been informed. The exchange was concise, and they did not address the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under increasing scrutiny to sack.
The Energy Secretary's Reaction
In his early morning media interviews, Miliband highlighted the need for the Labour Party to focus on national issues rather than internal divisions.
Look, I think the briefing has been bad, without doubt.
But my advice to the Labour party now is quite simple, which is we need to focus on the country, not each other.
We were given a significant mandate last July, a major chance to improve our country. And we have a major duty.
Economic News
In other news, government data revealed the British economy increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the manufacturing sector particularly hit by the recent JLR cyber-attack.
The Day's Agenda
- 9.30am: The National Health Service releases its monthly performance figures
- Morning: The Health Secretary visits Liverpool
- Today: The Chancellor makes comments to the press
- 11.30am: Number 10 holds its daily lobby briefing
- Morning: The Prime Minister announces plans for the UK's first small modular reactor plant at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey
