Ed Miliband Urges Labour to Move On After Starmer Says Sorry to Wes Streeting for Hostile Backgrounding
High-ranking Labour Party figure Ed Miliband has called for the party to move beyond internal conflicts after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer directly apologised to health minister Wes Streeting over hostile briefings linked to Downing Street.
Major Updates
- Ed Miliband states the Prime Minister will fire the Downing Street source behind for attacking Wes Streeting if identified
- Miliband rules out any party leader aspirations, stating his past experience as leader was the "strongest vaccine" against seeking the position again
- UK economy increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, impacted by the Jaguar Land Rover hack
Situation
The political turmoil started after allegations emerged about negative briefings from the Prime Minister's team targeting the Health Secretary. Despite early efforts to minimize the incident, the discussion between Starmer and Streeting apparently took a different direction.
Starmer expressed regret to Wes Streeting, the media have been told. The discussion was short, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under increasing scrutiny to sack.
Miliband's Reaction
In his early morning broadcast interviews, Ed Miliband stressed the need for the party to direct attention on national matters rather than party disputes.
Clearly, I think the backgrounding has been unhelpful, no question.
But my message to the Labour party now is quite simple, which is we need to prioritize the public, not each other.
We were given a significant election win last summer, a historic chance to change our nation. And we have a historic responsibility.
Growth Update
Meanwhile, government data indicated the British economic performance increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the industrial industry particularly impacted by the recent JLR hack.
The Day's Schedule
- Morning: NHS England issues its latest data
- Morning: Wes Streeting is visiting the Liverpool area
- Today: Rachel Reeves makes comments to the journalists
- 11.30am: Downing Street conducts its regular media briefing
- Morning: Keir Starmer announces government plans for the Britain's pioneering small modular reactor project at Wylfa site on the island of Anglesey
