Ed Miliband urges Labour to move on after Starmer apologises to Streeting for hostile briefings from No 10 – UK politics live

8.50am GMT Alastair Campbell, director of communications for Tony Blair in No 10, told the Today programme that the latest Labour briefing turmoil is making this government look like the last one. He said: The worst thing about recent days is it’s made a relatively new government look like the last lot. There are bigger, worse enemies – like Nigel Farage. Get a grip. 8.37am GMT Miliband says Starmer will sack No 10 person who briefed against Streeting if they're identified Ed Miliband has said he is certain Keir Starmer will sack whoever was responsible for the briefing against Wes Streeting if they are identifed, Jessica Elgot reports. Related: If No 10 briefer is found Keir Starmer will sack them, minister says 8.31am GMT Miliband rules out standing to be next Labour leader, saying having done it before 'best inoculation' against wanting it Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, sometimes gets included in lists of cabinet ministers who might want to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister. In his interview with Sky News, Miliband firmly ruled this out. He joked: I had the best inoculation technique against wanting to be leader of the Labour party because I was leader of the Labour Party between 2010 and 2015. I’ve got the T-shirt, that chapter’s closed. Updated at 8.32am GMT 8.28am GMT UK economy grew by just 0.1% in third quarter amid hit from JLR cyber-attack The UK economy expanded by just 0.1% in the quarter from July to September as the crippling cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing, Heather Stewart reports. Related: UK economy grew by just 0.1% in third quarter amid hit from JLR cyber-attack Graeme Wearden has more on his on his business live blog. Related: UK economy unexpectedly shrinks in September as JLR hack hammers production output – business live 8.22am GMT Ed Miliband urges Labour to move on after Starmer apologises to Streeting for hostile briefings from No 10 Good morning. In an interview around this time yesterday morning, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said that if Keir Starmer were to ring him about the anti-Streeting briefing by Starmer allies reported by the Guardian and others on Tuesday, Streeting would reply: “Why are you bothering with this?” It was an attempt to play down a new episode of Labour turmoil that has turned out to counter-productive for Starmer, though helpful for Streeting. But, by the time the two men did speak last night, the conversation took a different turn. Starmer apologised to Streeting, journalists have been told. The conversation was short, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under pressure to sack. The pair also agreed they would speak again soon – which doesn’t mean much (they both attend cabinet, and have to speak to each other), but is the sort of thing No 10 briefers say about a meeting to make it sound cordial. Here is our analysis by Eleni Courea, Jessical Elgot and Pippa Crerar as to what is going on. Related: Briefing war spotlights relationships between three of Labour’s most senior figures And there is a good overview in Karen McVeigh’s First Edition breifing. Related: Thursday briefing: Is Wes Streeting a traitor or a faithful? Quoting Jess Elgot, she says: Two months ago, Andy Burnham, the Manchester mayor, launched his own leadership manoeuvrings, and since then, there’s been continuing conversation around replacing Starmer, as if it’s inevitable that he won’t be in position to fight at the next election. This, Jess says, has led to a “paranoia” in No 10. “People close to No 10 will say to me: ‘I actually don’t think they intended to put the spotlight on Wes. What they wanted to do was make it really clear that Keir is not going anywhere, that he will fight any attempt to dislodge him, that he is not the sort of person who will go meekly away, that he will fight.’” But the briefing backfired, because it ended up looking like a hit-job on Streeting, who is the cabinet minister whose leadership ambitions are most blatant. Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, has been doing interviews this morning, and he is urging the Labour party to calm down. This is what he told Sky News: Look, I think the briefing has been bad, no question. But my message to the Labour party, though, is quite simple today, which is we need to focus on the country, not ourselves. We were given a historic mandate last July, a historic opportunity to change our country. And we have a historic responsibility. I’ve been at this a long time. Governments going through days of turbulence. I was there during the Blair/Brown years. What gets you through, what sustains you, is your sense of mission, your values, what you believe in, who you stand up for. And that is what really, really matters. I know that Keir will hate all this nonsense and we’re going to focus on the country and that’s what we need to do. Here is the agenda for the day. 9.30am: NHS England publishes its monthly performance figures. Morning: Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is on a visit in Liverpool. Morning: Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is on a visit where she is due to speak to the media. 11.30am: Downing Street holds a lobby briefing. Morning: Keir Starmer is on a visit to promote the news that the government is going ahead with the construction of the UK’s first small modular reactor nuclear power plant at Wylfa on Angelsey. 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