Ed Miliband Encourages the Labour Party to Move On Following Starmer Offers Apology to Streeting for Hostile Backgrounding

High-ranking Labour Party official Ed Miliband has demanded the party to put aside internal tensions after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer personally apologised to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP over hostile media stories coming from the Prime Minister's office.

Key Updates

• Miliband states Starmer will sack the No 10 official responsible for briefing against Streeting if found
• Miliband rules out any party leader plans, saying his previous time as leader was the "most effective vaccine" against desiring the position again
• British economy expanded by just 0.1% in the third quarter, impacted by the Jaguar Land Rover hack

Context

The political unrest began after allegations surfaced about hostile briefings from the Prime Minister's team targeting Streeting. Despite early attempts to downplay the incident, the conversation between Starmer and the health minister according to sources followed a more serious turn.

Starmer apologised to Wes Streeting, the media have been advised. The conversation was short, and they did not talk about Morgan McSweeney, whom Starmer is now under pressure to sack.

Miliband's Statement

In his morning media appearances, Miliband stressed the need for the party to focus on country-wide priorities rather than party divisions.

Clearly, I think the media briefing has been bad, certainly.

But my call to the Labour party now is quite simple, which is we need to concentrate on the nation, not our internal matters.

We were given a major victory last July, a important opportunity to improve our country. And we have a serious responsibility.

Growth News

Separately, official figures showed the UK economy expanded by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the production industry especially hit by the recent JLR hack.

The Day's Schedule

• Morning: NHS England releases its monthly data
• Today: Wes Streeting visits the Liverpool area
• Today: The Chancellor speaks to the media
• 11.30am: Number 10 conducts its daily media briefing
• Today: Keir Starmer announces government plans for the Britain's pioneering nuclear power plant at Wylfa site on the island of Anglesey