Ed Miliband Calls on the Labour Party to Move On Following Starmer Offers Apology to Streeting for Negative Backgrounding
High-ranking Labour Party official Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has called for the party to put aside internal tensions after Prime Minister Keir Starmer directly apologised to health minister Wes Streeting MP over negative media stories coming from Downing Street.
Key Developments
- Miliband confirms the Prime Minister will fire the Downing Street staffer behind for attacking Wes Streeting if identified
- The Energy Secretary dismisses any leadership plans, declaring his past experience as Labour leader was the "strongest vaccine" against desiring the position again
- UK economy increased by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, affected by the Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack
Background
The internal turmoil began after allegations surfaced about negative background comments from Starmer's team targeting Streeting. Despite initial attempts to downplay the incident, the conversation between the PM and Streeting apparently followed a more serious direction.
The Prime Minister apologised to Wes Streeting, journalists have been advised. The conversation was concise, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under increasing scrutiny to remove.
Miliband's Response
In his early morning media interviews, Miliband emphasized the need for the Labour Party to focus on country-wide priorities rather than party conflicts.
Clearly, I think the media briefing has been bad, without doubt.
But my advice to the Labour members today is straightforward, which is we need to concentrate on the public, not ourselves.
We were given a major election win last July, a important opportunity to improve our country. And we have a major obligation.
Economic News
Separately, official figures revealed the British economic performance increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the industrial industry especially impacted by the recently reported Jaguar Land Rover security incident.
Today's Agenda
- 9.30am: NHS England releases its latest statistics
- Morning: Wes Streeting is visiting the Liverpool area
- Today: Rachel Reeves speaks to the media
- Late morning: Downing Street holds its daily lobby briefing
- Today: The Prime Minister highlights government plans for the UK's first small modular reactor project at Wylfa site on Anglesey
