Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Urges the Labour Party to Move On After Keir Starmer Says Sorry to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Backgrounding
High-ranking Labour official Ed Miliband has called for the party to leave behind party tensions after PM Keir Starmer personally apologised to health minister Wes Streeting over negative briefings originating from Downing Street.
Major Updates
- Ed Miliband states the Prime Minister will fire the No 10 official behind for attacking Wes Streeting if discovered
- Miliband rules out future party leader ambitions, stating his past experience as Labour leader was the "best vaccine" against seeking the role again
- British economic growth grew by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, affected by the JLR hack
Situation
The internal controversy began after media stories circulated about negative background comments from Starmer's team targeting the Health Secretary. Although early attempts to dismiss the matter, the talk between the PM and the health minister apparently followed a different turn.
Starmer apologised to Wes Streeting, reporters have been informed. The discussion was concise, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under growing pressure to remove.
Miliband's Statement
In his early morning broadcast interviews, Ed Miliband emphasized the need for the party to concentrate on country-wide matters rather than internal disputes.
Clearly, I think the briefing has been unhelpful, certainly.
But my message to the party now is quite simple, which is we need to focus on the country, not ourselves.
We were given a significant election win last July, a important chance to transform our country. And we have a historic duty.
Economic Update
In other news, government data indicated the UK economic performance expanded by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the industrial sector especially impacted by the recent JLR hack.
The Day's Agenda
- Morning: The National Health Service releases its monthly data
- Today: The Health Secretary is visiting Liverpool
- Morning: The Chancellor speaks to the press
- Late morning: Downing Street conducts its regular media briefing
- Morning: The Prime Minister announces plans for the UK's first nuclear power project at Wylfa on Anglesey
