Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Move On Following Starmer Offers Apology to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Briefings
Senior Labour Party figure Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has urged the party to put aside party tensions after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer personally apologised to health minister Wes Streeting MP over negative leaked comments coming from Number 10.
Important Updates
- Ed Miliband declares the Prime Minister will sack the Downing Street source behind for targeting Wes Streeting if found
- The Energy Secretary rules out any leadership ambitions, declaring his past time as Labour leader was the "most effective vaccine" against wanting the position again
- British economic growth grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, impacted by the Jaguar Land Rover hack
Context
The internal turmoil began after reports surfaced about negative background comments from the Prime Minister's allies targeting the Health Secretary. Although early efforts to minimize the matter, the discussion between Starmer and Streeting according to sources took a more serious turn.
Starmer apologised to Streeting, reporters have been informed. The conversation was brief, and they did not talk about Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under pressure to dismiss.
The Energy Secretary's Reaction
In his morning broadcast interviews, Miliband emphasized the need for the Labour Party to focus on country-wide issues rather than internal conflicts.
Clearly, I think the media briefing has been unhelpful, certainly.
But my message to the Labour members now is clear, which is we need to focus on the country, not ourselves.
We were given a significant election win last July, a historic opportunity to transform our country. And we have a major responsibility.
Economic Update
Meanwhile, government figures indicated the UK economy increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the production industry especially hit by the recently reported JLR security incident.
Today's Schedule
- 9.30am: The National Health Service publishes its latest data
- Today: The Health Secretary visits Liverpool
- Today: Rachel Reeves speaks to the press
- Late morning: Number 10 conducts its regular media briefing
- Today: Keir Starmer announces government plans for the Britain's first small modular reactor facility at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey
