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Senior Labour official Ed Miliband has demanded the party to put aside internal tensions after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer personally said sorry to health minister Wes Streeting over hostile briefings coming from the Prime Minister's office.

Major Events

• Miliband confirms the Prime Minister will sack the Downing Street official behind for targeting Streeting if discovered
• Miliband rules out any leadership ambitions, saying his past experience as Labour leader was the "best inoculation" against desiring the role again
• UK economic growth increased by just 0.1% in the third quarter, hit by the Jaguar Land Rover security breach

Background

The political turmoil started after reports emerged about negative background comments from Starmer's team targeting Streeting. Despite early efforts to downplay the matter, the discussion between the PM and Streeting apparently followed a different direction.

Starmer apologised to Wes Streeting, the media have been informed. The discussion was short, and they did not talk about the chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under growing pressure to dismiss.

The Energy Secretary's Statement

In his early morning media interviews, Ed Miliband emphasized the need for the Labour Party to concentrate on country-wide matters rather than party conflicts.

Clearly, I think the media briefing has been unhelpful, certainly.

But my call to the party now is quite simple, which is we need to concentrate on the nation, not our internal matters.

We were given a historic victory last summer, a major chance to transform our nation. And we have a major duty.

Economic News

Meanwhile, government figures revealed the UK economy grew by just 0.1% in the July-September period, with the manufacturing sector particularly impacted by the recently reported JLR hack.

The Day's Agenda

• Morning: The National Health Service publishes its monthly performance figures
• Today: Wes Streeting visits Liverpool
• Morning: The Chancellor makes comments to the media
• Late morning: Downing Street conducts its daily lobby briefing
• Today: The Prime Minister promotes government plans for the Britain's first nuclear power project at Wylfa site on Anglesey