đź”— Share this article Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Look Ahead Following Starmer Apologises to Wes Streeting for Aggressive Media Leaks Senior Labour official Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has demanded the party to leave behind internal disputes after PM Sir Keir Starmer directly said sorry to health minister Wes Streeting MP over negative briefings coming from the Prime Minister's office. Major Updates Miliband states Starmer will fire the Downing Street official responsible for attacking Streeting if identified The Energy Secretary rules out any party leader ambitions, saying his past experience as Labour leader was the "most effective protection" against desiring the role again British economy expanded by just 0.1% in the July-September period, affected by the JLR hack Context The political unrest erupted after reports emerged about negative background comments from Starmer's allies targeting the Health Secretary. Although early efforts to dismiss the situation, the talk between Starmer and Streeting apparently took a more serious turn. The Prime Minister apologised to Wes Streeting, the media have been advised. The conversation was brief, and they did not address Morgan McSweeney, whom Starmer is now under growing pressure to remove. The Energy Secretary's Reaction In his morning media appearances, Ed Miliband highlighted the need for the Labour Party to direct attention on country-wide issues rather than party divisions. Clearly, I think the backgrounding has been damaging, certainly. But my message to the party now is quite simple, which is we need to concentrate on the country, not our internal matters. We were given a major mandate last summer, a historic chance to change our country. And we have a major obligation. Economic News In other news, official figures revealed the UK economic performance expanded by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the production sector particularly affected by the recent JLR security incident. Today's Schedule Morning: NHS England releases its latest statistics Morning: The Health Secretary visits Liverpool Today: The Chancellor makes comments to the journalists 11.30am: Number 10 conducts its regular lobby briefing Today: Keir Starmer highlights plans for the Britain's pioneering nuclear power plant at Wylfa on Anglesey