🔗 Share this article Ed Miliband Urges Labour to Move On After Keir Starmer Offers Apology to Wes Streeting for Hostile Backgrounding High-ranking Labour Party figure Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has called for the party to put aside internal conflicts after PM Keir Starmer directly apologised to health minister Wes Streeting MP over negative briefings linked to the Prime Minister's office. Key Events Ed Miliband states the Prime Minister will sack the No 10 staffer behind for attacking Wes Streeting if identified The Energy Secretary rules out any leadership aspirations, saying his past experience as leader was the "strongest inoculation" against seeking the position again UK economic growth grew by just 0.1% in the third quarter, impacted by the Jaguar Land Rover security breach Situation The political controversy began after allegations surfaced about critical briefings from Starmer's allies targeting the Health Secretary. Despite initial efforts to minimize the matter, the conversation between the PM and the health minister reportedly took a more serious direction. The Prime Minister said sorry to Streeting, the media have been advised. The discussion was brief, and they did not discuss the chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under pressure to remove. The Energy Secretary's Response In his early morning broadcast interviews, Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to focus on country-wide priorities rather than party divisions. Clearly, I think the briefing has been bad, without doubt. But my advice to the Labour party today is quite simple, which is we need to prioritize the public, not ourselves. We were given a major victory last summer, a historic opportunity to transform our country. And we have a major duty. Economic News In other news, official data indicated the UK economy increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the industrial industry particularly hit by the recent JLR cyber-attack. The Day's Schedule Morning: The National Health Service issues its latest data Morning: The Health Secretary is visiting the Liverpool area Morning: The Chancellor speaks to the journalists Late morning: Downing Street conducts its daily media briefing Today: Keir Starmer announces government plans for the Britain's first small modular reactor project at Wylfa site on Anglesey