Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Urges the Labour Party to Move On Following Keir Starmer Says Sorry to Wes Streeting for Hostile Briefings
Senior Labour official Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has demanded the party to leave behind party disputes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer directly apologised to health minister Wes Streeting MP over damaging briefings coming from the Prime Minister's office.
Major Events
- Miliband states the Prime Minister will fire the Downing Street staffer behind for targeting Streeting if identified
- The Energy Secretary rules out future party leader plans, declaring his past experience as Labour leader was the "best protection" against seeking the position again
- UK economic growth grew by just 0.1% in the July-September period, impacted by the JLR cyber-attack
Situation
The political unrest began after media stories surfaced about critical briefings from the Prime Minister's team targeting the Health Secretary. Despite early attempts to minimize the incident, the discussion between the PM and Streeting reportedly took a different direction.
Starmer said sorry to Wes Streeting, reporters have been advised. The discussion was brief, and they did not discuss the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under growing pressure to remove.
The Energy Secretary's Statement
In his morning media interviews, Ed Miliband highlighted the need for the Labour Party to direct attention on country-wide issues rather than party divisions.
Look, I think the media briefing has been unhelpful, no question.
But my advice to the party now is straightforward, which is we need to concentrate on the country, not each other.
We were given a major mandate last summer, a historic chance to change our nation. And we have a major responsibility.
Economic Update
Meanwhile, official statistics revealed the British economy expanded by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, with the industrial industry particularly affected by the recently reported Jaguar Land Rover hack.
Today's Agenda
- Morning: NHS England releases its monthly statistics
- Today: The Health Secretary is visiting Liverpool
- Today: Rachel Reeves makes comments to the media
- 11.30am: Number 10 conducts its daily media briefing
- Morning: The Prime Minister highlights plans for the Britain's first nuclear power project at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey
