Ed Miliband Calls on Labour to Move On After Starmer Says Sorry to Streeting for Aggressive Media Leaks
Senior Labour Party figure Ed Miliband has urged the party to leave behind party tensions after leader Sir Keir Starmer directly apologised to health minister Wes Streeting MP over hostile leaked comments coming from the Prime Minister's office.
Important Events
- Ed Miliband confirms the Prime Minister will sack the Downing Street staffer responsible for targeting Streeting if identified
- Miliband dismisses future leadership aspirations, declaring his previous time as Labour leader was the "strongest inoculation" against desiring the role again
- British economy expanded by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, affected by the JLR security breach
Situation
The political controversy began after allegations surfaced about hostile background comments from the Prime Minister's supporters targeting Streeting. Despite initial attempts to downplay the situation, the conversation between the PM and Streeting reportedly took a different direction.
Starmer expressed regret to Streeting, the media have been told. The exchange was short, and they did not discuss the chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under growing pressure to dismiss.
Miliband's Reaction
In his morning media appearances, Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on country-wide matters rather than party conflicts.
Clearly, I think the media briefing has been unhelpful, without doubt.
But my advice to the Labour members today is quite simple, which is we need to concentrate on the country, not each other.
We were given a historic mandate last July, a historic opportunity to improve our nation. And we have a historic duty.
Economic News
In other news, official statistics indicated the UK economy grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the industrial sector especially impacted by the recent Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack.
Today's Agenda
- Morning: NHS England releases its monthly performance figures
- Today: Wes Streeting is visiting Liverpool
- Today: Rachel Reeves speaks to the journalists
- 11.30am: Downing Street holds its regular media briefing
- Today: The Prime Minister announces plans for the Britain's first small modular reactor plant at Wylfa site on the island of Anglesey