Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages the Labour Party to Move On After Starmer Says Sorry to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Briefings
High-ranking Labour official Ed Miliband has called for the party to put aside internal conflicts after leader Keir Starmer personally said sorry to Health Secretary Wes Streeting over damaging briefings coming from Downing Street.
Key Developments
- Miliband confirms Starmer will fire the Downing Street staffer behind for attacking Streeting if discovered
- Miliband rules out any party leader aspirations, stating his past time as leader was the "best inoculation" against desiring the role again
- British economic growth grew by just 0.1% in the July-September period, hit by the JLR cyber-attack
Context
The political turmoil began after reports surfaced about negative briefings from Starmer's supporters targeting the Health Secretary. Despite initial attempts to dismiss the matter, the conversation between the PM and Streeting according to sources took a different turn.
Starmer said sorry to Streeting, the media have been informed. The conversation was short, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under pressure to dismiss.
Miliband's Statement
In his morning broadcast interviews, Miliband emphasized the need for the party to focus on country-wide priorities rather than party disputes.
Clearly, I think the media briefing has been bad, certainly.
But my advice to the Labour members now is straightforward, which is we need to concentrate on the nation, not our internal matters.
We were given a historic election win last July, a important opportunity to improve our country. And we have a major responsibility.
Growth News
In other news, official figures indicated the UK economy expanded by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the industrial industry especially impacted by the recent JLR security incident.
Today's Agenda
- 9.30am: NHS England issues its monthly performance figures
- Today: The Health Secretary visits Liverpool
- Today: The Chancellor makes comments to the journalists
- Late morning: Downing Street holds its daily lobby briefing
- Today: The Prime Minister announces plans for the UK's first nuclear power facility at Wylfa site on Anglesey
