Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Move On After Starmer Offers Apology to Wes Streeting for Negative Backgrounding
Senior Labour Party official Ed Miliband has urged the party to put aside party conflicts after leader Sir Keir Starmer personally apologised to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP over negative leaked comments coming from the Prime Minister's office.
Major Developments
- Ed Miliband declares the Prime Minister will dismiss the Downing Street staffer behind for attacking Streeting if discovered
- The Energy Secretary rules out any leadership aspirations, stating his previous time as Labour leader was the "most effective inoculation" against wanting the role again
- British economy expanded by just 0.1% in the third quarter, affected by the JLR cyber-attack
Situation
The internal unrest erupted after allegations surfaced about critical briefings from Starmer's team targeting the Health Secretary. Although early attempts to minimize the incident, the discussion between Starmer and Streeting according to sources took a more serious direction.
The Prime Minister said sorry to Wes Streeting, reporters have been told. The exchange was concise, and they did not talk about Morgan McSweeney, whom Starmer is now under pressure to dismiss.
The Energy Secretary's Statement
In his morning broadcast interviews, Ed Miliband highlighted the need for the Labour Party to direct attention on country-wide issues rather than party divisions.
Clearly, I think the media briefing has been damaging, no question.
But my call to the party today is quite simple, which is we need to concentrate on the public, not each other.
We were given a historic election win last summer, a major opportunity to change our nation. And we have a major obligation.
Economic Update
Separately, official statistics showed the British economy grew by just 0.1% in the July-September period, with the manufacturing industry particularly affected by the recent JLR hack.
Today's Schedule
- 9.30am: The National Health Service releases its latest statistics
- Today: Wes Streeting visits Liverpool
- Today: The Chancellor speaks to the media
- 11.30am: Number 10 holds its daily media briefing
- Morning: The Prime Minister promotes plans for the Britain's first nuclear power facility at Wylfa site on Anglesey
