Labour's Chairwoman Ellie Reeves has been grilled by GB News host Stephen Dixon on the party's local election defeat, as Nigel Farage's Reform UK secured victory with just six votes between them.
Becoming Reform UK's first-ever female MP, Sarah Pochin claimed the Runcorn & Helsby seat from the Labour candidate - overturning a 14,696 majority.
Following her victory, Pochin declared that "the people of Runcorn have spoken, and "enough is enough".
Discussing the Labour loss on GB News, Chairwoman Ellie Reeves claimed that the Government "recognise that voters are impatient for change".
Stephen Dixon grilled Labour's Chair Ellie Reeves on the Government's loss of Runcorn & Helsby to Reform UK
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GB News host Stephen Dixon pressed Reeves on the election loss, claiming that the Government "can't blame it all on the Conservatives or Mike Amesbury".
Reeves explained: "When we were elected Government last July, we were elected on a platform of change. And I recognise that people are impatient for change. I'm impatient for that change, the Government's impatient for that change.
"Since coming into Government, we have started to deliver on our plan for change. It takes time. NHS waiting lists are down six months in a row, but there are still too many people on waiting lists."
As Stephen suggested that the Government is "not addressing a lot of the issues that that ordinary people up and down the country", such as immigration, Reeves assured that "change takes time".
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Sarah Pochin became the first female Reform UK MP after winning Runcorn & Helsby by six votes
PAReeves told GB News: "Take Runcorn for example - just last month we delivered four new free breakfast clubs in primary schools. We want to go further and faster, and we want every primary school in Runcorn to have a free breakfast club.
"Just last month, the our increase in the national minimum wage means that 3.5 million low paid workers are getting a pay rise. But it will take a while for people to feel the effects of those things. So change takes time."
Reeves added: "We know we need to go further and faster, and we know that people are impatient for that change. But we're getting on with delivering on our plan for change."
Expanding on the issue of immigration, GB News host Miriam Cates claimed that voters are "giving up on Labour" and their lack of efficiency in tackling illegal migration.
Reeves told GB News that the Labour Government are wanting to go 'further and faster' in their changes
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Reeves responded: "The Conservatives's Rwanda gimmick cost £700million of taxpayers money and resulted in only four volunteers going to Rwanda. Instead, we are getting on with going after the criminal gangs, giving the police anti-terrorism powers to go after those gangs, and so we're smashing the gangs."
Stephen interjected Reeves, stating: "Forgive me - your list sounds great, but what impact is it having? We're having more legal immigrants than ever before."
Reeves explained: "One of the things that we've done is sped up returns - 24,000 with no right to stay here have been removed since the general election, far more than happened under the previous Conservative government.
"We said in our manifesto that we would close the asylum hotels, and we've already announced the closure of some hotels, but again, we know we need to go further on faster on this."
