Ed Miliband Urges Labour to Look Ahead After Starmer Offers Apology to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Briefings
High-ranking Labour Party official Ed Miliband has demanded the party to leave behind internal conflicts after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer personally apologised to health minister Wes Streeting MP over hostile media stories originating from the Prime Minister's office.
Important Events
- Miliband states Starmer will dismiss the Downing Street source behind for attacking Wes Streeting if found
- Miliband dismisses any party leader plans, saying his past time as leader was the "most effective vaccine" against seeking the role again
- British economy expanded by just 0.1% in the July-September period, impacted by the JLR hack
Context
The internal turmoil started after media stories surfaced about critical briefings from Starmer's supporters targeting the Health Secretary. Despite initial efforts to downplay the matter, the talk between Starmer and the health minister apparently followed a more serious direction.
Starmer apologised to Streeting, journalists have been advised. The exchange was brief, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under growing pressure to sack.
The Energy Secretary's Reaction
In his morning media interviews, Ed Miliband emphasized the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on country-wide matters rather than internal conflicts.
Look, I think the backgrounding has been damaging, certainly.
But my message to the Labour members today is clear, which is we need to concentrate on the country, not each other.
We were given a historic election win last July, a important chance to improve our country. And we have a major duty.
Growth News
Meanwhile, government statistics showed the UK economy increased by just 0.1% in the July-September period, with the industrial industry especially hit by the recent Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack.
Today's Schedule
- Morning: NHS England issues its latest performance figures
- Morning: Wes Streeting is visiting the Liverpool area
- Morning: The Chancellor makes comments to the journalists
- Late morning: Downing Street conducts its daily media briefing
- Morning: The Prime Minister promotes plans for the UK's pioneering small modular reactor project at Wylfa on Anglesey
