🔗 Share this article Ed Miliband Urges Labour to Focus Forward After Keir Starmer Offers Apology to Wes Streeting for Negative Backgrounding High-ranking Labour figure Ed Miliband has demanded the party to move beyond internal tensions after PM Keir Starmer directly expressed regret to health minister Wes Streeting over negative media stories originating from the Prime Minister's office. Important Developments Miliband declares the Prime Minister will dismiss the No 10 source responsible for attacking Streeting if identified The Energy Secretary dismisses any party leader ambitions, declaring his previous time as Labour leader was the "best protection" against wanting the role again UK economy increased by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, impacted by the JLR hack Background The political unrest began after reports surfaced about critical background comments from the Prime Minister's team targeting the Health Secretary. Despite early efforts to dismiss the incident, the talk between the PM and the health minister apparently took a different turn. The Prime Minister apologised to Wes Streeting, reporters have been informed. The conversation was brief, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under increasing scrutiny to dismiss. Miliband's Statement In his morning media appearances, Ed Miliband emphasized the need for the party to direct attention on country-wide issues rather than party divisions. Look, I think the backgrounding has been damaging, certainly. But my message to the Labour members today is clear, which is we need to concentrate on the country, not our internal matters. We were given a major victory last July, a historic opportunity to transform our country. And we have a historic obligation. Economic News In other news, government figures revealed the British economy expanded by just 0.1% in the third quarter, with the industrial industry especially affected by the recent JLR security incident. Today's Schedule 9.30am: The National Health Service publishes its latest data Morning: Wes Streeting is visiting the Liverpool area Today: The Chancellor speaks to the press 11.30am: Downing Street holds its regular media briefing Morning: Keir Starmer highlights government plans for the Britain's first small modular reactor facility at Wylfa site on Anglesey