🔗 Share this article Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Move On Following Keir Starmer Apologises to Streeting for Aggressive Briefings High-ranking Labour figure Ed Miliband has demanded the party to leave behind party tensions after leader Keir Starmer personally said sorry to Health Secretary Wes Streeting over damaging media stories originating from the Prime Minister's office. Important Updates Ed Miliband confirms the Prime Minister will dismiss the Downing Street source behind for briefing against Wes Streeting if identified The Energy Secretary dismisses future leadership plans, saying his previous experience as leader was the "most effective inoculation" against wanting the role again British economic growth expanded by just 0.1% in the third quarter, affected by the Jaguar Land Rover hack Background The internal turmoil began after reports circulated about critical background comments from the Prime Minister's allies targeting Streeting. Although early efforts to downplay the incident, the discussion between the PM and the health minister apparently followed a more serious direction. Starmer apologised to Wes Streeting, reporters have been advised. The exchange was short, and they did not address the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under pressure to dismiss. The Energy Secretary's Reaction In his early morning media interviews, Ed Miliband highlighted the need for the Labour Party to focus on national issues rather than internal divisions. Look, I think the briefing has been damaging, no question. But my message to the Labour members today is straightforward, which is we need to concentrate on the country, not each other. We were given a historic mandate last July, a historic opportunity to transform our nation. And we have a major duty. Economic Update In other news, official statistics showed the UK economic performance increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the manufacturing industry especially hit by the recently reported JLR security incident. The Day's Schedule Morning: NHS England publishes its latest performance figures Today: The Health Secretary visits Liverpool Today: Rachel Reeves makes comments to the journalists Late morning: Number 10 conducts its daily lobby briefing Today: Keir Starmer highlights government plans for the Britain's first small modular reactor facility at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey