🔗 Share this article Ed Miliband Calls on the Labour Party to Focus Forward After Starmer Offers Apology to Streeting for Negative Backgrounding Senior Labour Party figure Ed Miliband has urged the party to move beyond internal disputes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer directly said sorry to health minister Wes Streeting MP over negative briefings originating from Downing Street. Important Events Miliband confirms Starmer will sack the No 10 source responsible for briefing against Streeting if discovered The Energy Secretary dismisses future party leader aspirations, declaring his previous time as leader was the "strongest vaccine" against wanting the role again UK economy increased by just 0.1% in the July-September period, impacted by the Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack Background The political unrest started after media stories emerged about negative briefings from the Prime Minister's supporters targeting Streeting. Despite early attempts to downplay the incident, the talk between the PM and Streeting reportedly followed a more serious turn. Starmer expressed regret to Wes Streeting, journalists have been informed. The conversation was concise, and they did not address Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under pressure to remove. The Energy Secretary's Response In his morning media interviews, Miliband emphasized the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on country-wide issues rather than internal conflicts. Clearly, I think the media briefing has been damaging, certainly. But my message to the party now is quite simple, which is we need to focus on the nation, not ourselves. We were given a historic victory last July, a important opportunity to improve our country. And we have a serious duty. Growth Update In other news, official data showed the UK economy increased by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, with the industrial industry especially impacted by the recently reported JLR security incident. The Day's Schedule Morning: NHS England publishes its latest data Morning: The Health Secretary is visiting Liverpool Today: Rachel Reeves speaks to the media Late morning: Number 10 conducts its regular lobby briefing Morning: Keir Starmer promotes plans for the Britain's first nuclear power project at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey