🔗 Share this article Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Calls on Labour to Look Ahead Following Starmer Offers Apology to Streeting for Negative Briefings High-ranking Labour figure Ed Miliband has urged the party to move beyond internal conflicts after PM Sir Keir Starmer personally expressed regret to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP over damaging media stories originating from the Prime Minister's office. Major Updates Ed Miliband declares Starmer will sack the Downing Street staffer behind for attacking Streeting if discovered The Energy Secretary rules out any party leader aspirations, stating his previous experience as leader was the "best vaccine" against seeking the position again UK economic growth expanded by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, impacted by the JLR hack Background The political controversy started after reports surfaced about hostile background comments from Starmer's allies targeting the Health Secretary. Although initial efforts to dismiss the situation, the discussion between Starmer and Streeting reportedly took a more serious direction. Starmer apologised to Wes Streeting, reporters have been told. The discussion was brief, and they did not discuss the chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under pressure to sack. Miliband's Reaction In his early morning broadcast appearances, Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on national matters rather than party conflicts. Look, I think the media briefing has been damaging, certainly. But my call to the Labour party today is quite simple, which is we need to concentrate on the public, not each other. We were given a major election win last summer, a major chance to transform our nation. And we have a historic responsibility. Growth Update Meanwhile, official statistics showed the UK economic performance increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the industrial sector especially hit by the recently reported JLR cyber-attack. Today's Agenda 9.30am: The National Health Service publishes its latest data Morning: Wes Streeting is visiting the Liverpool area Morning: The Chancellor makes comments to the media 11.30am: Number 10 conducts its daily media briefing Today: Keir Starmer promotes government plans for the UK's first small modular reactor project at Wylfa on Anglesey