'Yet ANOTHER U-turn!' Peter Kyle skewered in GB News grilling over Labour's plans to realign with the EU

Peter Kyle has been handed a fiery GB News grilling over Labour's plans to realign with the EU, assuring viewers they want a "productive relationship" with Europe.

Speaking to the People's Channel following last week's local elections, the Business Secretary was questioned by host Alex Armstrong, who branded the move "completely bonkers".

Alex pressed Mr Kyle: "I'm very shocked to hear the Prime Minister's big bold plan is to define this Government by rebuilding your relationship with the European Union and moving away from his red lines.

"Your electorates, your heartland voters in Wales, in the red wall, who are Brexit voters, do not want closer ties with the European Union - yet your plan for change is seemingly to draw us closer to the EU that's suffering from 0.2 per cent growth?"

Responding to Alex, Mr Kyle argued that what Britons want is a "more productive relationship with our international partners", with the EU being the "most important".

He told GB News: "All the barriers that have come up from the bad Brexit deal, we need to make sure that it's a more productive relationship. We have commitments in our manifesto, but we haven't touched the sides of what is possible with the EU.

"And of course, since Brexit, national resilience is a much more important issue to people across Britain. We must strain at the bit to make it a relationship that delivers from Britain, because at the moment, because of the bad Brexit deal that was delivered for us, there's barriers to young people who have less opportunities today."

Hitting back at Mr Kyle, Alex told the Business Secretary that moving closer to the EU would be "another Labour U-turn", arguing that the Government is "not listening" to the "resounding chorus of the British public".

Alex asked Mr Kyle: "It seems completely bonkers. Our audience are losing their minds that you're going to go back on your red lines on Brexit. That will be yet another U-turn.

"It seems to me that you're not listening from the resounding chorus of the British public, who rejected you last week and your party. Are you listening at all?"

Mr Kyle assured: "We have shared challenges on the continent of Europe and we have shared opportunities too. Shared opportunities for wealth creation, shared opportunities for defence to make us more better defended and more secure.

"We've also signed deals with Korea, we've signed other trade deals with India as well as the US and the EU. We are a Government that is out there signing deals."

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The Business Secretary told GB News: "What I'm not doing is saying that everything is all right. What I'm saying is that in order to deliver the scale of change that people need, particularly when it comes to economic growth and the benefits of economic growth, we need to double down.

"We need to show more focus and we need to show that it benefits families around the country and that if you're old or young, you feel like the optimism is there, that you will have a better future, be able to do new things, better things into the future than you currently do today.

"That optimism has been drained from our country over the last decade. We've got to bring it back."

Mr Kyle was also quizzed by Alex on Sir Keir's future as Prime Minister, following the major losses for his Government in the local elections.

Asked if the Prime Minister is "completely delusional", Mr Kyle assured that the Labour Government is "coming together" to "deliver the change that people need".

Mr Kyle concluded: "I am not diminishing what happened last week, and it's quite right that we have a moment of reflection.

"Leadership doesn't just come from one person when you're in Government, it is a collective. The challenge we have is leading a country. It is not just about one person leading a 'Fovernment', and that is what we need to rise to meet the challenge of going forward.

"We need to make that we make sure we all have policies that meet the moment, and also the way we conduct ourselves in office can inspire hope that things will get better."