Senior Labour figure Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has called for the party to leave behind party disputes after leader Sir Keir Starmer personally apologised to health minister Wes Streeting over damaging media stories linked to the Prime Minister's office.
The political controversy started after media stories surfaced about critical briefings from the Prime Minister's allies targeting Streeting. Although early attempts to downplay the incident, the talk between Starmer and Streeting apparently followed a different direction.
The Prime Minister said sorry to Wes Streeting, reporters have been told. The exchange was concise, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom the PM is now under growing pressure to sack.
In his early morning media appearances, Miliband highlighted the need for the Labour Party to direct attention on national issues rather than party conflicts.
Clearly, I think the media briefing has been damaging, no question.
But my call to the Labour party now is clear, which is we need to concentrate on the public, not our internal matters.
We were given a historic mandate last summer, a important opportunity to improve our country. And we have a serious obligation.
Separately, official statistics indicated the British economic performance increased by just 0.1 percent in the third quarter, with the manufacturing sector especially affected by the recent Jaguar Land Rover hack.
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