Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Move On Following Starmer Apologises to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Media Leaks
High-ranking Labour Party figure Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has urged the party to leave behind internal conflicts after Prime Minister Keir Starmer directly expressed regret to health minister Wes Streeting MP over hostile media stories coming from Downing Street.
Key Updates
- Miliband declares Starmer will dismiss the Downing Street official responsible for briefing against Streeting if found
- The Energy Secretary rejects any party leader plans, saying his previous experience as leader was the "strongest inoculation" against desiring the position again
- British economic growth increased by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, impacted by the Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack
Context
The internal unrest erupted after allegations emerged about negative background comments from the Prime Minister's team targeting Streeting. Despite early attempts to minimize the incident, the discussion between Starmer and the health minister reportedly followed a different turn.
Starmer said sorry to Wes Streeting, journalists have been advised. The conversation was brief, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under increasing scrutiny to remove.
The Energy Secretary's Reaction
In his morning broadcast interviews, Ed Miliband stressed the need for the party to direct attention on national priorities rather than internal conflicts.
Look, I think the backgrounding has been unhelpful, no question.
But my message to the party now is quite simple, which is we need to prioritize the public, not our internal matters.
We were given a significant victory last July, a important chance to change our country. And we have a historic responsibility.
Growth News
Meanwhile, government data showed the British economic performance grew by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the manufacturing sector particularly impacted by the recent JLR cyber-attack.
Today's Schedule
- 9.30am: NHS England issues its monthly statistics
- Today: The Health Secretary is visiting Liverpool
- Today: Rachel Reeves speaks to the press
- Late morning: Number 10 holds its daily media briefing
- Today: The Prime Minister promotes government plans for the Britain's pioneering small modular reactor project at Wylfa site on the island of Anglesey
