Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Urges Labour to Focus Forward Following Keir Starmer Says Sorry to Streeting for Negative Backgrounding
High-ranking Labour Party official Ed Miliband has urged the party to put aside party conflicts after leader Keir Starmer directly said sorry to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP over damaging briefings coming from Downing Street.
Important Events
- Miliband states Starmer will fire the No 10 source responsible for targeting Wes Streeting if discovered
- The Energy Secretary rejects future party leader aspirations, saying his past time as leader was the "strongest vaccine" against wanting the position again
- British economic growth increased by just 0.1% in the July-September period, affected by the Jaguar Land Rover security breach
Context
The internal unrest erupted after reports surfaced about negative briefings from the Prime Minister's allies targeting Streeting. Although initial attempts to downplay the incident, the discussion between Starmer and Streeting apparently followed a more serious turn.
Starmer apologised to Streeting, the media have been informed. The exchange was concise, and they did not talk about Morgan McSweeney, whom Starmer is now under pressure to sack.
The Energy Secretary's Statement
In his morning media interviews, Ed Miliband emphasized the need for the party to concentrate on national priorities rather than party conflicts.
Look, I think the briefing has been bad, certainly.
But my call to the Labour party now is straightforward, which is we need to concentrate on the public, not our internal matters.
We were given a historic victory last July, a major chance to change our country. And we have a major responsibility.
Economic News
Separately, official figures showed the British economic performance grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the production industry especially hit by the recent Jaguar Land Rover security incident.
Today's Schedule
- Morning: The National Health Service issues its monthly statistics
- Today: The Health Secretary visits the Liverpool area
- Morning: The Chancellor makes comments to the journalists
- Late morning: Downing Street holds its daily lobby briefing
- Morning: The Prime Minister announces government plans for the UK's pioneering small modular reactor project at Wylfa site on the island of Anglesey
