🔗 Share this article Ed Miliband Encourages Labour to Look Ahead After Starmer Apologises to Wes Streeting for Hostile Backgrounding High-ranking Labour official Ed Miliband has demanded the party to leave behind party disputes after PM Sir Keir Starmer personally expressed regret to health minister Wes Streeting MP over hostile leaked comments coming from the Prime Minister's office. Key Updates Miliband confirms the Prime Minister will dismiss the No 10 source behind for attacking Wes Streeting if found Miliband dismisses future party leader plans, saying his past time as leader was the "most effective inoculation" against seeking the position again UK economy increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, hit by the Jaguar Land Rover hack Background The political unrest began after reports emerged about hostile briefings from Starmer's team targeting Streeting. Despite initial efforts to minimize the situation, the talk between Starmer and the health minister apparently took a more serious direction. Starmer apologised to Wes Streeting, reporters have been informed. The discussion was brief, and they did not address Morgan McSweeney, whom the PM is now under pressure to remove. Miliband's Reaction In his early morning media interviews, Miliband emphasized the need for the Labour Party to direct attention on country-wide priorities rather than party disputes. Look, I think the backgrounding has been damaging, without doubt. But my call to the party today is clear, which is we need to prioritize the nation, not each other. We were given a historic election win last July, a historic opportunity to transform our nation. And we have a serious obligation. Growth News In other news, government statistics indicated the British economic performance grew by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the industrial industry particularly hit by the recently reported JLR security incident. The Day's Agenda Morning: NHS England publishes its latest performance figures Today: Wes Streeting is visiting the Liverpool area Today: The Chancellor makes comments to the media 11.30am: Downing Street conducts its regular media briefing Today: The Prime Minister promotes plans for the Britain's pioneering nuclear power project at Wylfa on the island of Anglesey