🔗 Share this article Ed Miliband Urges Labour to Look Ahead After Keir Starmer Offers Apology to Streeting for Hostile Media Leaks Senior Labour Party official Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has urged the party to put aside internal tensions after PM Sir Keir Starmer directly said sorry to Health Secretary Wes Streeting over hostile briefings originating from the Prime Minister's office. Key Updates Miliband states Starmer will dismiss the No 10 staffer behind for briefing against Streeting if found The Energy Secretary rules out future leadership aspirations, declaring his previous experience as Labour leader was the "best inoculation" against wanting the position again British economy grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, affected by the JLR cyber-attack Background The internal controversy started after media stories emerged about hostile background comments from Starmer's team targeting Streeting. Despite early efforts to downplay the incident, the discussion between Starmer and the health minister according to sources took a different turn. Starmer expressed regret to Wes Streeting, the media have been advised. The discussion was concise, and they did not discuss the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under pressure to remove. The Energy Secretary's Reaction In his early morning broadcast interviews, Miliband emphasized the need for the Labour Party to direct attention on national issues rather than party disputes. Clearly, I think the backgrounding has been unhelpful, no question. But my call to the Labour members now is quite simple, which is we need to focus on the nation, not each other. We were given a significant victory last July, a major opportunity to transform our nation. And we have a serious obligation. Growth News In other news, government figures indicated the UK economy grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the production sector particularly impacted by the recent JLR security incident. Today's Agenda 9.30am: NHS England issues its monthly performance figures Today: Wes Streeting is visiting the Liverpool area Morning: The Chancellor speaks to the press 11.30am: Downing Street holds its regular lobby briefing Morning: Keir Starmer highlights government plans for the Britain's pioneering small modular reactor plant at Wylfa on Anglesey