If No 10 briefer is found Keir Starmer will sack them, Miliband says
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#71EBM)
Cabinet minister says PM would not have backed attacks on Wes Streeting but briefing is longstanding aspect of politics'
Ed Miliband has said he was certain Keir Starmer would sack whoever had briefed against Wes Streeting, after a chaotic 48 hours in which No 10 launched an operation to shore up the prime minister against an anticipated leadership challenge.
The prime minister apologised to the health secretary in a phone call with him late on Wednesday. Starmer is facing mounting calls to sack his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, over the row.
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