Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Move On After Keir Starmer Offers Apology to Wes Streeting for Negative Briefings
High-ranking Labour figure Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has called for the party to move beyond internal tensions after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer directly said sorry to Health Secretary Wes Streeting over negative leaked comments linked to Number 10.
Important Developments
- Ed Miliband states the Prime Minister will fire the No 10 source responsible for targeting Streeting if identified
- Miliband rejects future party leader aspirations, saying his past experience as leader was the "most effective inoculation" against wanting the role again
- British economic growth expanded by just 0.1% in the third quarter, hit by the JLR security breach
Context
The political unrest began after reports surfaced about hostile background comments from Starmer's allies targeting the Health Secretary. Although initial attempts to minimize the matter, the talk between the PM and the health minister reportedly followed a more serious turn.
Starmer said sorry to Wes Streeting, the media have been advised. The conversation was concise, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under increasing scrutiny to remove.
The Energy Secretary's Response
In his morning media appearances, Miliband stressed the need for the party to direct attention on country-wide priorities rather than party divisions.
Clearly, I think the media briefing has been bad, without doubt.
But my message to the party now is quite simple, which is we need to focus on the public, not ourselves.
We were given a historic mandate last July, a major chance to transform our nation. And we have a major duty.
Economic News
Separately, official statistics revealed the British economic performance grew by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, with the production industry especially affected by the recently reported JLR cyber-attack.
The Day's Agenda
- Morning: The National Health Service publishes its monthly data
- Today: The Health Secretary is visiting the Liverpool area
- Morning: The Chancellor makes comments to the press
- 11.30am: Downing Street holds its regular lobby briefing
- Morning: Keir Starmer promotes government plans for the Britain's pioneering nuclear power facility at Wylfa site on the island of Anglesey
