Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Look Ahead After Starmer Offers Apology to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Media Leaks
Senior Labour official Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has called for the party to move beyond internal conflicts after Prime Minister Keir Starmer directly apologised to health minister Wes Streeting over hostile briefings coming from Number 10.
Key Events
- Ed Miliband states Starmer will sack the No 10 source behind for targeting Wes Streeting if discovered
- The Energy Secretary dismisses any party leader plans, stating his previous experience as leader was the "strongest inoculation" against seeking the role again
- British economic growth expanded by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, hit by the JLR cyber-attack
Background
The political unrest began after allegations circulated about hostile background comments from the Prime Minister's supporters targeting Streeting. Despite early efforts to dismiss the incident, the talk between Starmer and the health minister apparently took a more serious turn.
Starmer said sorry to Streeting, journalists have been informed. The conversation was concise, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under increasing scrutiny to remove.
Miliband's Statement
In his early morning media appearances, Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to direct attention on country-wide matters rather than internal divisions.
Look, I think the backgrounding has been unhelpful, no question.
But my message to the party now is clear, which is we need to concentrate on the country, not each other.
We were given a significant mandate last summer, a historic opportunity to transform our nation. And we have a serious duty.
Growth Update
Meanwhile, official figures showed the British economy grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the industrial industry especially impacted by the recently reported JLR hack.
Today's Schedule
- Morning: NHS England issues its latest statistics
- Morning: Wes Streeting visits Liverpool
- Today: Rachel Reeves makes comments to the journalists
- Late morning: Number 10 conducts its daily media briefing
- Today: Keir Starmer highlights government plans for the Britain's pioneering small modular reactor project at Wylfa on Anglesey
