Ed Miliband Calls on Labour to Focus Forward After Keir Starmer Says Sorry to Wes Streeting for Negative Backgrounding
Senior Labour official Ed Miliband has demanded the party to put aside party tensions after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer personally expressed regret to Health Secretary Wes Streeting over damaging leaked comments originating from the Prime Minister's office.
Major Updates
- Miliband declares the Prime Minister will dismiss the No 10 staffer behind for attacking Streeting if identified
- Miliband dismisses any party leader plans, saying his past time as leader was the "strongest vaccine" against wanting the position again
- British economy increased by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, hit by the Jaguar Land Rover hack
Context
The political unrest erupted after allegations surfaced about critical briefings from the Prime Minister's allies targeting Streeting. Although initial attempts to downplay the incident, the talk between the PM and the health minister apparently took a more serious turn.
Starmer expressed regret to Streeting, reporters have been told. The discussion was brief, and they did not address the chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under increasing scrutiny to dismiss.
The Energy Secretary's Reaction
In his early morning media interviews, Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on country-wide priorities rather than internal conflicts.
Clearly, I think the backgrounding has been damaging, certainly.
But my advice to the party now is straightforward, which is we need to focus on the public, not each other.
We were given a major election win last summer, a important opportunity to improve our country. And we have a major responsibility.
Growth News
In other news, government data indicated the British economy increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the manufacturing industry especially impacted by the recent JLR security incident.
The Day's Schedule
- Morning: The National Health Service issues its monthly statistics
- Today: Wes Streeting visits the Liverpool area
- Morning: The Chancellor makes comments to the journalists
- Late morning: Downing Street conducts its regular media briefing
- Today: Keir Starmer highlights plans for the Britain's first nuclear power project at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey
