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'I get it': Starmer responds after losing Runcorn by-election to Reform UK

Sky News Friday, 2 May 2025
'I get it': Starmer responds after losing Runcorn by-election to Reform UKSir Keir Starmer has said he "gets" why his party suffered defeat to Reform UK in the Runcorn by-election, as he promised to go "further" in delivering change.
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Sir Keir Starmer conceded that Labour’s loss by just six votes to Reform UK in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election was a setback and said that the government needed to act “further and faster” in delivering change. The narrow victory for new MP Sarah Pochin saw Reform taking a constituency which...

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