Miliband Urges Starmer to Fire Any Aides Behind Plot Claims

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By Will Standring and Alex Wickham

November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM UTC

Updated on

November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM UTC

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband called on Keir Starmer to fire any Downing Street aides responsible for anonymous allegations of leadership plots, after the prime minister was forced to apologize to another cabinet minister swept up in the claims.

Miliband, who led the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015, said on Thursday that he believed Starmer would remove anyone involved in media briefings against Health Secretary Wes Streeting. The energy secretary acknowledged during an appearance on the BBC that plot claims widely attributed to allies of Starmer had contributed to “a bad couple of days” for the government.