Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Calls on the Labour Party to Focus Forward Following Starmer Apologises to Streeting for Hostile Briefings
High-ranking Labour official Ed Miliband has demanded the party to leave behind party tensions after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer personally expressed regret to health minister Wes Streeting over hostile media stories coming from Number 10.
Major Updates
- Miliband declares the Prime Minister will dismiss the Downing Street source behind for briefing against Streeting if found
- Miliband dismisses future party leader ambitions, stating his past experience as Labour leader was the "most effective inoculation" against seeking the role again
- UK economic growth increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, impacted by the JLR cyber-attack
Situation
The political turmoil erupted after reports surfaced about critical background comments from the Prime Minister's team targeting Streeting. Although initial attempts to minimize the situation, the discussion between Starmer and the health minister according to sources took a more serious direction.
The Prime Minister expressed regret to Wes Streeting, the media have been advised. The conversation was brief, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under increasing scrutiny to remove.
Miliband's Statement
In his morning media appearances, Ed Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to focus on country-wide matters rather than party disputes.
Clearly, I think the media briefing has been damaging, certainly.
But my message to the Labour members now is quite simple, which is we need to prioritize the country, not each other.
We were given a historic mandate last July, a important chance to transform our nation. And we have a historic responsibility.
Growth News
Separately, official statistics indicated the British economy expanded by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, with the production industry particularly affected by the recently reported Jaguar Land Rover security incident.
Today's Schedule
- 9.30am: The National Health Service releases its monthly data
- Morning: The Health Secretary visits the Liverpool area
- Today: The Chancellor speaks to the media
- Late morning: Downing Street holds its daily lobby briefing
- Morning: Keir Starmer promotes plans for the Britain's pioneering nuclear power project at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey
