Ed Miliband Encourages the Labour Party to Move On After Keir Starmer Offers Apology to Streeting for Aggressive Media Leaks
Senior Labour Party official Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has called for the party to put aside party conflicts after PM Sir Keir Starmer personally said sorry to health minister Wes Streeting over negative briefings originating from the Prime Minister's office.
Major Updates
- Ed Miliband states Starmer will sack the Downing Street source behind for targeting Wes Streeting if discovered
- The Energy Secretary dismisses future leadership plans, saying his past time as Labour leader was the "best protection" against wanting the role again
- British economic growth grew by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, impacted by the Jaguar Land Rover hack
Context
The political controversy began after media stories surfaced about hostile background comments from Starmer's allies targeting Streeting. Although initial efforts to dismiss the matter, the talk between Starmer and the health minister apparently followed a different turn.
Starmer apologised to Streeting, reporters have been informed. The exchange was brief, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under increasing scrutiny to dismiss.
The Energy Secretary's Response
In his morning media appearances, Ed Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on national matters rather than internal divisions.
Clearly, I think the backgrounding has been bad, certainly.
But my message to the party today is clear, which is we need to focus on the country, not each other.
We were given a historic victory last July, a major chance to transform our nation. And we have a serious responsibility.
Growth Update
Meanwhile, government data showed the UK economy grew by just 0.1% in the July-September period, with the industrial industry particularly impacted by the recently reported JLR cyber-attack.
Today's Schedule
- 9.30am: The National Health Service publishes its latest data
- Today: The Health Secretary visits Liverpool
- Today: The Chancellor makes comments to the press
- 11.30am: Downing Street conducts its daily media briefing
- Morning: Keir Starmer highlights government plans for the Britain's pioneering small modular reactor project at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey
