talking about it with the laura kuenssberg. it’s talking about it with the laura kuenssberg-— kuenssberg's tough, it's not easy. — kuenssberg. it's tough, it's not easy, and _ kuenssberg. it's tough, it's not easy, and no _ kuenssberg. it's tough, it's not easy, and no prime - kuenssberg. it's tough, it's - not easy, and no prime minister wants_ not easy, and no prime minister wants to — not easy, and no prime minister wants to take a decision like this — wants to take a decision like this but _ wants to take a decision like this. but the winter fuel payments are now to be targeted, they were untargeted before — targeted, they were untargeted before i— targeted, they were untargeted before. i think everybody thought that wasn't a particularly good system so it needed — particularly good system so it needed to be targeted. obviously those most in need will continue to get the payment. all of those on pension— payment. all of those on pension credit will get the payment and we want to get as many— payment and we want to get as many people on to pension credit— many people on to pension cre

david lammy speaking| to laura kuenssberg earlier. we will be speaking to the ceo of the refugee council a little later in the programme. let's speak to enver solomon, ceo of the refugee council. we can speak to him right now. hello to you. it's just another sad day, isn't it? another occurrence of people drowning in the channel trying to make their way over to england. what are your first thoughts today? its devastating news, just days after the tragic loss of life of 12 people, another eight people have now perished in the channel and these deaths are not inevitable. it is important to note that. it's important to recognise that these are people from countries like afghanistan fleeing the taliban, from syria fleeing the taliban, from syria fleeing bombs and bullets are seeking safety in the uk, seeking safety in the uk, seeking to be given refugee protection and we need to look at ways of allowing them to come to the uk without having to take these dangerous journeys. to take these dangerous journeye— to take these dangerous “ourne

she spoke with laura kuenssberg on the bbc.e bbc. we all had our faith in keir starmer _ the bbc. we all had our faith in keir starmer the _ the bbc. we all had our faith in keir starmer the labour i in keir starmer the labour government and ifeel in keir starmer the labour government and i feel voters and mps are being completely laughed at and completely taken for granted. laughed at and completely taken for granted-— for granted. rosie duffield has been critical _ for granted. rosie duffield has been critical before _ for granted. rosie duffield has been critical before of- for granted. rosie duffield has been critical before of both - been critical before of both keir starmer and jeremy corbyn, her complaint was they did not publicly supported when complaining against anti—semitism and women's rights. she had threats, some from within the labour ranks. it is damaging, coming is that conservatives come for a conference. the criticism directed at the prime minister being seized on. she directed at the prime minister being sei

and you can see the whole of the interview with rosie duffield on laura kuenssberg here on bbc news andso do tune in for that. staying with politics... the conservative party is gathering in birmingham for its annual conference for the first time since their defeat in july's general election. the conference will be a chance for the party's final four candidates to rally support for their bids to become the next leader. robertjenrick, kemi badenoch, james cleverly and tom tugendhat will have a chance to make their pitch to take over from rishi sunak. here's our political correspondent, joe pike. all four contenders to be the next leader of the conservative party have arrived here in birmingham ahead of the annual party conference alongside the outgoing leader, rishi sunak. now, it may have been more than 12 weeks since he announced his intention to stand down from that position. and yet the contest to succeed him only reallyjust seems to be getting started. this conference really will be crunch time for the final four. kemi badenoch, robert jenrick, james cleverly and tom tugendhat. all

speaking this morning on sunday with laura kuenssberg, she went further.bour government, and i feel that voters and activists and mps are being completely laughed at and completely taken for granted. she also said the prime minister had a problem with women. most backbenchers that i'm friends with are women and most of us refer to the men that surround him, the young men, as "the lads". rosie duffield has been semi—detached from labourfor some time. she clashed with both sir keir starmer and jeremy corbyn over her campaigning on women's rights and transgender issues. cabinet minister pat mcfadden stressed that ms duffield had been uneasy in labour a while. when i read rosie's letter last night, and listening to the interview there, i think you can see that she's been disillusioned with the party leader, with the party maybe more generally, for quite a long time. i don't think this is something that'sjust developed in the last few months. and in a fresh attempt to draw a line under a damaging period for the government, mr mcfadden promised new rules requiri

but this morning speaking to laura kuenssberg, he defended those plans.d i do get that it's tough. it's not easy and no prime minister wants to take a decision like this. but the winter fuel payment are now to be targeted, they were untargeted before, and i think everybody thought that wasn't a particularly good system so it needed to be targeted. obviously, those most in need will continue to get the payment. all of those on pension credit will get the payment. but we want to get as many people on to pension credit that we can. the trades union congress also gets underway, their conference today. that will go into next week and we will likely see some serious opposition there too to the policy and this afternoon we had from the general secretary saying he has real concern about the government's plans. but the prime minister was asked about the nhs and a report from the former minister will set out this week in detail some of the really big challenges the health service faces in england and we have already talked about some of the issues highlighted in th

that is essentially what she argued and she had a long exchange with laura kuenssberg about what shetop in the votes of conservative mps, he is also big on immigration, he said this isn't about numbers, primarily, the numbers is what is putting pressure on public services is his argument and as a result a new conservative leader and potential conservative government would need a very clear commitment to bring numbers down to a certain level before you get into other questions about immigration. has there been any response to what kemi badenoch is set? some people say she is known for being very forthright, but issue being deliberately divisive?— issue being deliberately divisive? ., . ., ,, divisive? not particularly yet, in terms of — divisive? not particularly yet, in terms of the _ divisive? not particularly yet, in terms of the response - divisive? not particularly yet, in terms of the response i - divisive? not particularly yet, i in terms of the response i have seen. it might also be a reflection of the fact that yes, the conservative party has been buoyed in recent weeks by th

keir starmer speaking to laura kuenssberg there.ll be eligible for early release next week. there are fewer than 500 spaces left in men's prisons in england and wales, a crisis made worse by convictions of hundreds of people in riots last month. let's speak to the chief executive officer of a charity that helps young men find a way out of the justice system. it the early release of this many prisoners are cause for concern?— prisoners are cause for concern? ~ ., ., , concern? we know that everyday risoners concern? we know that everyday prisoners are _ concern? we know that everyday prisoners are released _ concern? we know that everyday prisoners are released and - concern? we know that everyday prisoners are released and so - prisoners are released and so in that nothing is changing. the significant fact is are being released early so to actually say 10% early for some people that means a week earlier than otherwise released but other people may be up to a year but the key concern is about what happens on the lease and on release

sunday with laura kuenssberg is here on bbc one at 9:00. laura, what's on today's show?weekend for news, isn't it? good morning to both of you, good morning everybody. we will be talking about that situation in the middle east and we will be speaking to a young british woman who is stuck in lebanon on trying to get out here, weather or not she wants the government to help her leave. a very senior cabinet minister will be joining us, two of the tory rivals, robertjan joining us, two of the tory rivals, robert jan reckoned joining us, two of the tory rivals, robertjan reckoned kemi badenoch, they are seen as the two frontrunners for the job, as they get together here in birmingham. that is the reason we are here this morning. also, as you say, there was an explosive resignation from the labour party last night. rosie duffield, the mp for canterbury who until yesterday late was a member of the labour party and a labour mp, she has resigned dramatically accusing keir starmer�*s party of being more about greed and power than making a difference. i spoke to her late last night

ms rayner was speaking to laura kuenssberg. during the election campaign, and then outside downing street, keir starmer said time and again, we will return politics to the service of the people. what part of returning politics to the service of the people involves accepting free outfits? for sir keir starmer receiving gifts. ms rayner was speaking to laura kuenssberg. during the election campaign, and then outside downing street, keir starmer said time and again, we will return politics to the service of the people. what part of returning politics to the service of the people involves accepting free outfits? well, first of all, mps have accepted donations and gifts for years. all mps do it, and what we talked about is making sure that we are open and transparent about that, and that was why the prime minister made sure that he corrected the record when he was advised that he needed to do that. he actively pursued that i'd take that advice, and i think that's the right thing to do, and we want to make sure that the government ar

ed davey spoke this morning to laura kuenssberg, this is a flavour of their exchange.ly _ of their exchange. we absolutely will - a series of daring stunts during the election campaign — opened the conference, by riding a jet ski through brighton marina. now the third—largest party in the house of commons, opposition". let's speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas, who is at the party conference in brighton. you join us youjoin us in you join us in writing where the lib dems are enjoying that election result. more than a four fold, fivefold increase election result. more than a fourfold, fivefold increase in mp5, sir ed davey enjoying mps, sir ed davey enjoying that. the benefits that he brought to the election where he put himself out there are took part in lots of stance in he put himself out there are took part in lot to �* stance in he put himself out there are took part in lot to talk ice in he put himself out there are took part in lot to talk about defence but try to talk about policies, according to strategists, as part of the balance they are t

in his first tv interview in downing street with the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg, the prime minister wasked. we're going to have to be unpopular. tough decisions are tough decisions. popular decisions aren't tough, they're easy. the things the last government ran away from, that governments traditionally run away from, i'm convinced that because they've run away from difficult decisions, we haven't got the change we need for the country. his early popularity problems mainly stem from the decision to scrap winter fuel payments for all but the poorest pensioners, worth up to £300 a year. the government says it will save over £1 billion this year by doing so, a necessary saving because of claims of a £22 billion black hole in the country's finances. nearly half of that £22 billion, £9 billion comes from decisions that your government has made to give many public sector workers pay rises above inflation. the last government set up the pay review mechanism, as every government does every year, and they set the framework for that. and they knew that the pay review recommendations would come ba

speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, leadership hopeful robert jenrick explained why he is the to turn around the fortunes of the conservative party after losing out to labour in the general election. in the article that i wrote in the hours after the election, then i came on your show that weekend, i said that we failed to deliver on the economy, on the nhs and our borders. so there are multiple failures that we need to acknowledge as a party, whilst obviously defending the things we got right in government, and then we've got to listen to the public and set out serious answers to those challenges. i've spent the last few months thinking very deeply about how we do that, and i don't want to waste the next five years debating those things. that's a recipe for more infighting and for further loss of public trust. i want to use this leadership contest for us to settle those things and have a clear plan as to how we take our party and our country forward, and i have that in particular on immigration. competing with robertjenrick for the leadership of the conservatives in kemi bade

both candidates were l speaking to laura kuenssberg share.e of issues. it would have a consensus between them to some extent, they think a lot in the past in the party meant that people were not past in the party meant that peo not nere not past in the party meant that peo not been 1ot past in the party meant that peo not been at past in the party meant that peo not been a period of record has not been a period of record growth — has not been a period of record growth of— has not been a period of record growth of productivity, far from _ growth of productivity, far from it _ growth of productivity, far from it. but a report on this year— from it. but a report on this year set _ from it. but a report on this year set out that the types of people — year set out that the types of people coming into our country, mostly— people coming into our country, mostly low are mostly low skilled people, are actually— mostly low skilled people, are actually costing the economy money — actually costing the economy mone . , , money. interestingly, kemi badenoc

it is very similar to the argument that sir keir starmer made to our colleague laura kuenssberg yesterdayo get that it is tough. it is not easy and no prime minister wants to take a decision like this, but the winter fuel payments are now to be targeted. they were untargeted before. and i think everybody thought that was not a particularly good system, so it needed to be targeted. obviously those most in need will continue to get the payment. all of those on pension credit will get the payment, and we want to get as many people on to pension credit as we can. henry, the unions are meeting this week with the tuc and we have heard from sharon graham, the general secretary of the unite union, criticising this decision, calling for a u—turn which i guess is not expected, how much sway and how damaging is it to have unite voicing that criticism, given they are no longer so closely aligned with the labour party anyway? you are right that unite very much come from the left wing of british politics, but also even union politics, and that is also true for the other trade union which has voiced sev

speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, labour mp pat mcfadden said...rty leader, with the party, maybe more generally, for quite a long time. i don't think this is something that's just developed in the last few months. i'm disappointed to see her go. i like rosie, but ultimately i'm not surprised that the decision that she's made. let's speak to political correspondent several southeastern us states are seeing significant flooding, after hurricane helene hit the region. at least 63 people have died and officials fear that number will increase. more than three million people are without power. the category four hurricane is the most powerful storm on record to hit florida's big bend area, and moved north into georgia and the carolinas after making landfall overnight on thursday. with gusts of 140mph and heavy rain, damages from the storm are expected to reach upwards of $100 billion. helene unleashed the worst flooding in a century in north carolina, essentially cutting off access to the western part of the state with forced road closures. and in atlant

she has been speaking to sunday with laura kuenssberg at the bbc and this is what she has told that programmet, and i feel that voters and activists and mp5 are being completely laughed at and completely taken for granted. it is worth saying that rosie duffield has had a long difficult relationship with keir starmer and the leader before him, jeremy corbyn, and even with some in her local party branch. she has been a vocal campaign on issues such as anti—semitism and women's rights, she says she has faced abuse and threats internally and an investigation which had exonerated her, but complains the leadership never supported her in those times. the problem is it is not those issues, it is the leadership of keir starmer that she is attacking. there is no sign other labour mps are likely to follow, but we do know she is tapping into a vein of discontent among some in the party about his leadership, and while downing street and keir starmer are desperate to move on from the rows about gifts to delivering on the policies that they have promised, what will be very difficult for them is that this ve

sir keir starmer told the bbc's laura kuenssberg that a review of the health service, to be published on thursday, finds changes to the nhs were hopelessly misconceived. he said austerity in the coalition years and then the conservative government's handung the conservative government's handling of the covid pandemic , handling of the covid pandemic, left the nhs in an awful position . this report is position. this report is expected to reveal that more than 100,000 infants up to the age of two, were left waiting for more than six hours in accident and emergency departments in england last yean departments in england last year, and it's also likely to pinpoint falling vaccination rates and rises in adhd medication and an eating disorder related hospital admissions for children . well, admissions for children. well, sir keir starmer met with his irish counterpart today as part of a commitment to reset relations between the uk and ireland. they say coordination on security policy will be among the priorities of planned annual uk ireland summits. the prime minister and his irish premier,

in interview with the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg, vladimir kara—murza insisted his protest was worthwhileen. he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason. it was only last month he was released after spending 11 months in solitary confinement. but vladimir kara—murza appears remarkably healthy and remarkably calm as he sits with his wife talking about his decision to criticise vladimir putin and the invasion of ukraine. how could i have called on my fellow russian citizens to stand up and resist the putin dictatorship if i didn't do it myself, if i was sitting somewhere in far—away safety? i mean, it would be hypocritical. it would be unethical. it would be impossible. vladimir kara—murza was released from custody along with 15 others held in russia and exchanged for russian prisoners held in the west. aloha. aloha, pa. his family were in the us and had no idea what was happening until they were given a surprise summons to meet president biden. we're in the oval office. mr kara—murza himself didn't know he was going to be released. indeed, his initial thought when guards came to fet

here's what she said on this morning's sunday with laura kuenssberg.l, i didn't go to new york with another person. that person went to new york and i met up with them, and i met up with a number of friends while i was in new york. it was a personal holiday, and i think i followed the rules. in fact, i went above that, and i wanted to do that to be transparent about the connection that i had of the use of that apartment. but they stayed in that apartment. sam tarry used to be a labour mp, stayed in that apartment. and you didn't declare it, did you break the rules? i don't believe i broke any rules. i had the use of the apartment, and i disclosed that i had the use of the apartment. in fact, i think i was overly transparent because i think it was important, despite it being a personal holiday, because that person, as a friend, had already donated to me in the past for my deputy leadership... you're not sorry for that? you're not saying to people this morning, you know what, maybe that was a misjudgment. maybe i should have declared absolutely everythin

speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficulthings now even though he knows they are unpopular. he has to not run away from her decisions as he accuses previous governments of doing. our political correspondent georgia roberts joins us. he is able to lose popularity in order to tackle issues. this is one of the earliest of one of the decisions that this government has taken. he is to vote for it next week and several are going to make this unhappiness known. this morning he defended his plans to cut winter fuel. he defended his plans to cut winterfuel. i he defended his plans to cut winter fuel.— winter fuel. i get that it is tou . h winter fuel. i get that it is tough and _ winter fuel. i get that it is tough and it _ winter fuel. i get that it is tough and it is _ winter fuel. i get that it is tough and it is not - winter fuel. i get that it is tough and it is not easy. l winter fuel. i get that it is i tough and it is not easy. no prime — tough and it is not easy. no prime minister wants to take a decision— prime minister want

sir keir starmer talking on sunday with laura kuenssberg. our political correspondent leila nathoo. was saying about the situation the tories have led up to, and the nhs is in now?— tories have led up to, and the nhs is in now? remember, this is one of labour's core missions, trying to fix the nhs, getting it back on its feet. sir keir starmer wants to deploy what we have become familiar with from the government since they took charge, blaming the conservative party for the state of the nhs. this is blaming successive conservative governments, he is talking about reforms going back to the coalition government in 2010, big structural reforms led by the then health secretary andrew lansley. he is mentioning this review, that was done within days of labour taking charge by the former labour mp lord darzi. independent review into the whole state of the nhs, talking about access to health care services, the performance of the nhs, and the quality of health care. any inequalities in terms of those three aspects. so this will provide the context for a bigger, longer term look at the nhs. p

speaking about her upcoming film, lee, on sunday with laura kuenssberg, winslet said it was herjob toed acclaimed world war two photographer elizabeth �*lee' miller. we are so used to perhaps not necessarily seeing that and enjoying it. the instinct, weirdly, is to see it and criticise it or comment on it in some way. and people were saying, "god, how wonderful, she's saying that she doesn't care about her body." i was talking about the character, it's the character that i'm playing! of course i don't care. but it was through the conversation about playing lee. and i think my point is that as women, you know, we so need to be having that conversation and just celebrating being a real shape and being soft and maybe having a few extra rolls. laura, life is too short, do you know? i don't want to look back and go, why did worry about that thing? so guess what, i don't worry any more. i don't care, i'm just going to live my life, i'm going to enjoy it, i'm going to get on with it. you've got one go around, make the most of it. a british world war two veteran who landed in france on d—day

in an interview with the bbc s laura kuenssberg, he insisted his protest was worthwhile ?e s our europe regional editor, paul moss he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. he appears remarkably healthy and remarkably calm as healthy and remarkably calm as he sits talking about his decision to criticise vladimir putin decision to criticise vladimir puti ., . ., u, decision to criticise vladimir puti ., ., , putin how could i call on my fellow citizens _ putin how could i call on my fellow citizens to _ putin how could i call on my fellow citizens to stand - putin how could i call on my fellow citizens to stand up l fellow citizens to stand up against him if i didn't do myself. against him if i didn't do m self. ., ., ., ~ ., against him if i didn't do mself. . . ., ~ ., myself. vladimir kara-murza was released and _ myself. vladimir kara-murza was released and exchanged - myself. vladimir kara-murza was released and exchanged for- released and exchanged for russian prisoners held in the west. his family were in the us and had no idea what was happening until they were given

speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficultngs now even though he knows they are unpopular. our political correspondent georgia robertsjoins us. the decision to end winter fuel parents is among the earliest of those difficult decisions this government has taken. mps will vote on this next week and we know several are planning to make their unhappiness known but this morning keir starmer defended those plans on winter fuel. let's hear him talking about that.— about that. this is really tou:h, about that. this is really tough. i _ about that. this is really tough. i do _ about that. this is really tough, i do get - about that. this is really tough, i do get to - about that. this is really tough, i do get to staff. | about that. this is really| tough, i do get to staff. i know_ tough, i do get to staff. i know it _ tough, i do get to staff. i know it is not easy. but their winter — know it is not easy. but their winter fuel payments are now to be targeted. they were untargeted before and i think everybody thought that what was not

political correspondent leila nathoo told me more of what sir keir has been discussing with laura kuenssbergar refrain now, blaming the conservative government across the board for things that the labour party has inherited. but this report that he is referring to the report by lord darzi, it was commissioned pretty much instantly after labour took power. it's a kind of broad ranging investigation into the nhs, looking at access to healthcare, the quality of health care and the overall performance of the nhs and any inequalities surrounding those three areas. the idea it's going to be published on thursday now, but the idea is that that informs a kind of longer term project, a ten year plan, all about labour's idea of what they're calling fixing the foundations. so yes, they've got an immediate plan, for example, to reduce waiting lists. they're going to bring 40,000 more appointments in the nhs, getting people booked in on evenings, weekends. but in the longer term, they want to do something different with the nhs to actually structurally change it. and that is where you hear this idea of k

speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg — in his first major interview in number 10 — sir keir starmer now" — such as the cuts to pensioners' winter fuel payments — and not run away from hard choices, which he accused previous conservative governments of doing. iam i am absolutely convinced that we will not only deliver that change, i am absolutely difficult we will if we do the difficult we will if we do the difficult thing now. i know they are tough choices but it is a bit like i don't know building a house, if you know yourfoundations building a house, if you know your foundations are rotten and your foundations are rotten and you know you have dark eyed cracks, you can paint over it and pretend you have a beautiful new house sent in six months it falls apart. are you say we will strip it down and fix the foundations. what then happens is we have a much better house at the end of the exercise, a country built to last and that is what i am determined to bring about in the time i am in office. 0ur political correspondent, georgia roberts, spoke to us earlier about what this means. it

correspondent leila nathoo told me more of what prime minister starmer has been discussing with laura kuenssberg a familiar refrain to blame the refrain to blame the conservative government across the board for things the labour party has inherited. but this report he is referring to, the report by lord darzi, it was commissioned pretty much instantly after labour took power. a broad ranging investigation into the nhs, looking at access to health care, the quality of health care, the overall performance of the nhs and inequalities surrounding those three areas. the idea is it will be published on thursday, and it informs a longer—term ten—year plan all about labour's idea of fixing the foundations. they have an immediate plan to reduce the waiting lists, bring 40,000 more appointments to the nhs, looking people to the nhs, booking people on evenings and weekends, but in the longer—term they want to do something different with the nhs, to structurally change it, and that is where you hear this idea, reflecting on the reforms under the conservative health secretary andrew lansley, under the coalit

the foreign secretary david lammy gave his reaction to the deaths on the laura kuenssberg show. it's awful. it is a further loss of life. what i can say is actually, before i left for ukraine, with tony blinken, i sat with the prime minister, the home secretary, the attorney—general and others at the national crime agency actually looking at the awful rubber dinghies that people are coming across the channel with. many of them, of course, not able to make it in these contraptions, discussing how we go after those gangs, in co—operation upstream with other european partners. and i know that the prime minister will be in italy tomorrow with the italian prime minister discussing these issues and the work that they have done particularly with albania. our paris correspondent hugh schofield has more. the prefect, that's the senior government representative in the pas—de—calais region, he confirmed what we know, with a bit of detail, which is that this boat, carrying 59 people on it, set out from near wimereux, which is just to the north of boulogne, an area where there has been a lot

she has been speaking to sunday with laura kuenssberg at the bbc and this is what she has told that programmed that programme. we all had our faith in keir _ has told that programme. we all had our faith in keir starmer - had our faith in keir starmer and— had our faith in keir starmer and a— had our faith in keir starmer and a labour government, and i feel that — and a labour government, and i feel that voters and activists and mp5 _ feel that voters and activists and mp5 are being completely left out — and mp5 are being completely left out and completely taken for granted. it left out and completely taken for granted-— left out and completely taken for granted. it is worth saying that rosie — for granted. it is worth saying that rosie duffield _ for granted. it is worth saying that rosie duffield has - for granted. it is worth saying that rosie duffield has had i for granted. it is worth saying that rosie duffield has had a| that rosie duffield has had a long difficult relationship with keir starmer and the leader before him jeremy corbyn and even some in her local party branch. she has bee

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speaking about her upcoming film lee, on sunday with laura kuenssberg, winslet said it was herjob toar two photographer elizabeth �*lee' miller. we are so used to perhaps not necessarily seeing that and enjoying it. the instinct, weirdly, is to see it and criticise it or comment on it in some way. and people were saying, "god, how wonderful, she's saying that she doesn't care about her body." i was talking about the character, it's the character that i'm playing! of course i don't care. but it was through the conversation about playing lee. and i think my point is that as women, you know, we so need to be having that conversation and just celebrating being a real shape and being soft and maybe having a few extra rolls on me. laura, life is too short, do you know? i don't want to look back and go, why did worry about that thing? so guess what, i don't worry any more. i don't care, i'm just going to live my life, i'm going to enjoy it, i'm going to get on with it. you've got one go around, make the most of it. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. bangladesh's inter

speaking exclusively to sunday with laura kuenssberg, he said a review of the health service to be publishedk finds the conservatives' changes to the nhs were "hopelessly misconceived", and austerity in the coalition years, followed by the pandemic, had left the nhs in a perilous "awful position". everybody watching this who has used the nhs or relatives who have, know it's broken. they know it's broken. it's unforgivable, the state of our nhs. the last government broke the nhs. ourjob now through lord darzi is to properly understand how that came about and bring about the reforms, starting with the first steps, 40,000 extra appointments. but we have to do the hard yards of reform. i think it's only a labour government that can do the reform that our nhs needs, and we will start on that journey. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo told me more about labour's core mission to fix the nhs after years of conservative reforms. remember, this is one of labour's core missions, trying to fix the nhs, in their words, getting it back on its feet. you can understand why sir keir starmer wants to d

speaking to sunday with laura kuenssberg, and in his first major interview in number 10, sir keir starmerit was vital to "do difficult things now" such as the cuts to pensioners�* winter fuel payments, and not run away from hard choices, which he accused previous governments of doing. have a listen. it was a really important moment because it was a moment of great change for the country, change for me and my family, but the chance to do what i came into politics to do. i came into politics relatively late in life. i came in with a clear intention to change the country for the better. it's really hard to do that from opposition. so, when we were able to win the election with a good mandate for change, and come in here to the cabinet room and sit down for the first time as a team, it was a really important moment, a moment of change and the beginning of the next stage of the journey for the country, which is very, very important. did you have to pinch yourself at all? well, you do. you know, as you walk in the door, as i walked for the first time, as you know, i walked up downing street. lo

sir ed spoke to laura kuenssberg of the bbc this morning about their plans, and here is a taste of what he said. ~ ., , , said. we absolutely will challenge _ said. we absolutely will challenge the _ said. we absolutely will i challenge the government said. we absolutely will - challenge the government where we disagree with them. we are going to be a better opposition than the conservatives, who are so divided and going off to the right. what we are going to do is what we said to the british people during the general election, it is really important we keep the trust we built up. we're going to talk about the nhs, care, sewage, the cost of living. already the government has made two big mistakes in those three areas, at least, and we are holding them to account. on the cost of living a they are withdrawing the winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners who are struggling, when energy bills are going up by over 10% this winter, so they are making a mistake on the cost of living. we are opposing them on that. we are opposing them on that. we are opposing them on that. we are worrie

it is very similar to the argument that sir keir starmer made to our colleague laura kuenssberg yesterdayreally tough and i do -et this is really tough and i do get that— this is really tough and i do get that it is tough. it is not easy— get that it is tough. it is not easy and _ get that it is tough. it is not easy and no prime minister wants— easy and no prime minister wants to _ easy and no prime minister wants to take a decision like this, — wants to take a decision like this, but_ wants to take a decision like this, but the winter fuel paymentss are out to be targeted. they were untargeted before — targeted. they were untargeted before. and i think everybody thought— before. and i think everybody thought that was not a particularly good system, so it needed — particularly good system, so it needed to be targeted. obviously those most in need will continue to get the payment. all of those on pension— payment. all of those on pension credit will get the payment, and we want to get as many— payment, and we want to get as many people on to pension credit— many people on to pension credi

in an interview with the bbc s laura kuenssberg, he insisted his protest was worthwhile ?as released after spending months in solitary confinement. but vladimir kara—murza is remarkably healthy and remarkably healthy and remarkably calm as he sits with his wife as he talks about his decision to criticise vladimir putin. ., . ., decision to criticise vladimir putin. ., .., .., decision to criticise vladimir putin. ., ., putin. how could i call on eo - le putin. how could i call on peeple to _ putin. how could i call on people to resist - putin. how could i call on people to resist the - putin. how could i call on people to resist the putin dictatorship if i wasn't willing to do it myself. vladimir kara—murza was released in exchange for russian prisoners held in the west. his family were in the us and had no idea what was happening until they were given a surprise summons to meet president biden.— president biden. were in the oval office... _ president biden. were in the oval office... mr— president biden. were in the| oval office... mr kara-murza didn't know _ oval office.

we've bounced back, with laura kuenssberg, for the weekend newscast, because you've been off, i've beend i'm very happy to be back. i feel we're being gloriously reunited. it's extremely nice to see you, although i saw you on the television quite a few times over the break, which was very exciting. yes, that's a sort of trial, in every sense, especially for the viewer. but parliament's been off. there's been a lot happening. and you have been out on matt chorley�*s new programme on 5 live with some of your analysis. here it is. we can hear some. there's no arguing about whether or not potatoes were a vegetable. well, if you had potatoes, i would have said you could have potatoes and chips and mash. oh, yeah. right? is chips not in it? no. well, that's a dish. that's an entirely separate category. ah, anyway! well, you know. i mean, i can tell you about avocados and tomatoes. definitely not fruit. 0h, there's more. there's more. you see, matt turley, who's got a new programme, just in case anybody... well, there's no—one... there isn't anyone who doesn't know about that. i went on yester

this is how the leader ed davey described it to laura kuenssberg earlier. constructive means you have a different tone or you don't do the yarboo politics that i think people are sick of. and you also put your alternatives forward. so at the prime minister's questions just last week, when i was opposing the government's withdrawal of winter fuel payments, we were saying, yeah, there is a financial deficit left by the tories, we agree with you on that. but there are other ways to deal with that problem and we put them forward. the lib dems spent their time in opposition and the main speech of the day was on education. this was the education. this was the education spokesperson. where their classrooms are crumbling and the nurseries are full, we will hold the government's feet to the fire. where the conservative lack care and compassion, we will offer hope. where labour lack ambition, we will show parents and pupils that we share their hopes and dreams. fighting to fix the early years and the high needs postcode lottery. campaigning tirelessly for free school

speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, leadership hopeful robertjenrick explained why he is the man

and i say, "andy, there's a great interview laura kuenssberg did with the head of nato.s a new alliance in the world. we're not predicting a more global conflict." but we have heard, laura, that the pieces on the chessboard are aligning in a different way than they were three, five years ago. that's right. and so i would say to andy, as you've said, much more eloquently than i'm about to essentially, it may all be connected. and that's the thing — none of these pockets of conflagrations of conflicts are seen in isolation anymore. henry, do you have anything to add? should we move to the end? promising to come back to the lads issue. sounds good. yeah, yeah. so, are you a lad? so i've got to ask if you're both lads. obviously i rule it out. i think you kind of lads, as in, you've got to kind of give it up unless you meet your friends from school and then you are 60, then you can probably call yourself lads, but you can't really be a lad nudging 70, can you? i've just withdrawn. were you ever a lad, paddy? i mean, i've done some laddish things in the company of friends, bu