đź”— Share this article Energy Secretary Ed Miliband Encourages the Labour Party to Look Ahead Following Starmer Apologises to Wes Streeting for Hostile Backgrounding Senior Labour Party figure Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has urged the party to leave behind internal disputes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer personally apologised to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP over hostile leaked comments coming from Number 10. Key Updates Ed Miliband declares the Prime Minister will sack the Downing Street source responsible for targeting Wes Streeting if identified The Energy Secretary rejects future leadership aspirations, saying his previous time as leader was the "best protection" against wanting the role again UK economic growth expanded by just 0.1% in the third quarter, hit by the JLR security breach Situation The political turmoil started after allegations surfaced about hostile background comments from Starmer's supporters targeting the Health Secretary. Although initial attempts to minimize the incident, the conversation between the PM and Streeting according to sources followed a different direction. Starmer expressed regret to Wes Streeting, journalists have been told. The discussion was concise, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, whom Starmer is now under growing pressure to dismiss. Miliband's Statement In his early morning broadcast interviews, Miliband highlighted the need for the party to direct attention on country-wide issues rather than internal disputes. Clearly, I think the backgrounding has been unhelpful, without doubt. But my call to the Labour members today is straightforward, which is we need to prioritize the nation, not ourselves. We were given a historic victory last summer, a important chance to improve our country. And we have a major responsibility. Economic Update Separately, official data indicated the UK economic performance expanded by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the production industry particularly affected by the recently reported JLR cyber-attack. The Day's Agenda Morning: NHS England releases its latest performance figures Morning: Wes Streeting visits Liverpool Today: Rachel Reeves makes comments to the media Late morning: Number 10 conducts its daily media briefing Morning: The Prime Minister announces plans for the Britain's first small modular reactor plant at Wylfa site on the island of Anglesey