Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Urges the Labour Party to Move On Following Starmer Offers Apology to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Backgrounding
Senior Labour figure Ed Miliband has demanded the party to leave behind party conflicts after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer directly expressed regret to Health Secretary Wes Streeting over damaging media stories linked to the Prime Minister's office.
Key Developments
- Ed Miliband states Starmer will fire the No 10 official responsible for targeting Streeting if discovered
- The Energy Secretary rules out any party leader ambitions, declaring his past experience as leader was the "strongest inoculation" against seeking the position again
- UK economic growth increased by just 0.1% in the July-September period, impacted by the JLR security breach
Background
The internal turmoil started after media stories surfaced about critical background comments from Starmer's allies targeting Streeting. Although initial efforts to downplay the incident, the conversation between Starmer and Streeting apparently followed a more serious direction.
The Prime Minister expressed regret to Streeting, reporters have been informed. The discussion was concise, and they did not address Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under growing pressure to sack.
The Energy Secretary's Response
In his morning media appearances, Miliband emphasized the need for the party to focus on country-wide issues rather than internal disputes.
Clearly, I think the briefing has been damaging, certainly.
But my message to the Labour party now is quite simple, which is we need to focus on the country, not each other.
We were given a historic election win last July, a historic chance to transform our country. And we have a major responsibility.
Economic News
In other news, official figures indicated the British economic performance grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the industrial sector especially impacted by the recent JLR hack.
Today's Schedule
- 9.30am: The National Health Service issues its monthly data
- Today: The Health Secretary is visiting Liverpool
- Morning: The Chancellor speaks to the media
- 11.30am: Downing Street holds its regular lobby briefing
- Morning: Keir Starmer promotes government plans for the Britain's first small modular reactor project at Wylfa site on Anglesey
