Ed Miliband Urges Labour to Move On Following Keir Starmer Offers Apology to Wes Streeting for Hostile Media Leaks
Senior Labour Party figure Ed Miliband has called for the party to put aside internal tensions after leader Sir Keir Starmer directly expressed regret to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP over damaging leaked comments linked to Number 10.
Key Events
- Ed Miliband states the Prime Minister will sack the No 10 staffer responsible for attacking Streeting if discovered
- Miliband rejects any party leader plans, saying his past time as Labour leader was the "most effective vaccine" against seeking the role again
- UK economy expanded by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, hit by the Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack
Background
The political unrest began after allegations surfaced about critical background comments from Starmer's team targeting Streeting. Despite early efforts to minimize the situation, the conversation between the PM and Streeting apparently took a more serious turn.
Starmer expressed regret to Streeting, reporters have been informed. The conversation was concise, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under increasing scrutiny to sack.
Miliband's Statement
In his early morning broadcast interviews, Ed Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on country-wide issues rather than party divisions.
Look, I think the backgrounding has been damaging, certainly.
But my call to the Labour members today is straightforward, which is we need to concentrate on the country, not each other.
We were given a significant election win last July, a major opportunity to transform our country. And we have a historic duty.
Growth News
In other news, official figures revealed the UK economic performance grew by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, with the manufacturing sector especially hit by the recently reported JLR cyber-attack.
The Day's Schedule
- 9.30am: The National Health Service issues its monthly performance figures
- Morning: The Health Secretary visits Liverpool
- Today: The Chancellor makes comments to the media
- Late morning: Downing Street holds its daily lobby briefing
- Today: The Prime Minister promotes plans for the UK's pioneering small modular reactor facility at Wylfa site on Anglesey
