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Senior Labour official Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has demanded the party to put aside internal conflicts after Prime Minister Keir Starmer directly said sorry to Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP over negative briefings linked to Downing Street.

Major Updates

• Ed Miliband states Starmer will fire the Downing Street official behind for attacking Wes Streeting if discovered
• Miliband rejects any party leader plans, declaring his past time as Labour leader was the "strongest inoculation" against seeking the position again
• UK economic growth increased by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, affected by the JLR security breach

Situation

The internal turmoil started after allegations surfaced about critical background comments from the Prime Minister's supporters targeting Streeting. Despite initial attempts to dismiss the situation, the discussion between the PM and Streeting apparently followed a more serious direction.

The Prime Minister expressed regret to Wes Streeting, reporters have been informed. The conversation was short, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under increasing scrutiny to remove.

Miliband's Statement

In his morning broadcast appearances, Miliband emphasized the need for the party to concentrate on country-wide matters rather than party conflicts.

Clearly, I think the briefing has been bad, without doubt.

But my call to the Labour party today is clear, which is we need to concentrate on the public, not ourselves.

We were given a major election win last summer, a historic opportunity to improve our nation. And we have a historic obligation.

Growth Update

Separately, official statistics indicated the UK economy increased by just 0.1 percent in the July-September period, with the manufacturing sector particularly impacted by the recent JLR cyber-attack.

The Day's Schedule

• Morning: NHS England issues its latest statistics
• Today: Wes Streeting visits Liverpool
• Morning: Rachel Reeves makes comments to the press
• 11.30am: Number 10 holds its daily lobby briefing
• Morning: Keir Starmer announces government plans for the Britain's pioneering nuclear power plant at Wylfa site on Anglesey