đź”— Share this article Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages the Labour Party to Look Ahead After Starmer Says Sorry to Wes Streeting for Negative Briefings High-ranking Labour figure Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has urged the party to leave behind internal disputes after PM Sir Keir Starmer personally apologised to health minister Wes Streeting over damaging briefings coming from Downing Street. Important Events Ed Miliband declares Starmer will fire the No 10 official behind for targeting Streeting if discovered The Energy Secretary rules out future party leader plans, declaring his previous experience as Labour leader was the "most effective protection" against wanting the role again British economic growth grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, hit by the JLR cyber-attack Context The internal turmoil started after allegations circulated about hostile background comments from the Prime Minister's team targeting the Health Secretary. Despite initial efforts to downplay the situation, the talk between the PM and Streeting apparently took a different direction. Starmer apologised to Streeting, the media have been informed. The conversation was concise, and they did not address the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under pressure to remove. Miliband's Statement In his morning media interviews, Ed Miliband stressed the need for the Labour Party to focus on national matters rather than party conflicts. Look, I think the backgrounding has been unhelpful, certainly. But my advice to the party today is quite simple, which is we need to prioritize the public, not ourselves. We were given a historic victory last summer, a historic chance to change our country. And we have a historic responsibility. Economic News Separately, official statistics revealed the UK economy grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the industrial sector especially hit by the recent JLR security incident. Today's Agenda 9.30am: NHS England publishes its latest performance figures Morning: The Health Secretary is visiting the Liverpool area Today: The Chancellor speaks to the journalists Late morning: Downing Street holds its regular lobby briefing Today: The Prime Minister highlights plans for the Britain's first nuclear power project at Wylfa site on the island of Anglesey