he was pushed on it by the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg.ill be banned, it will not be allowed to happen before the next- general election. that's what it says on the bill. the bill ends section 21. a different factor here - because previously you've said that the courts might not be able to cope, so we might bring - in the new law but it - actually might still happen because the courts aren't ready. so i ask you again, just to be really explicit, i will this practice have ended by the time of the next - general election? we will have outlawed it, and we will have put the money into the courts in order to ensure that they can enforce that. 0k. the housing secretary michael gove there. and, tony, another key issue is the environment, net zero policies. and labour had some questions to answer on this. yeah, they had. it's been kind of the defining issue, i would say, for labour in the past seven days or so, because for a long time they promised they would be spending £28 billion if they are elected, on transforming the economy, turning it into

two days later, brianna's mother, esther ghey, appeared on sunday with laura kuenssberg and addressedf one of the killers, scarlettjenkinson. if she did want to contact me and she does want to speak, then i'm open to that. i'd like to understand more how their life was and what they went through. and i also want her to know that i don't blame her for what her child's done. there was a big response to that very moving interview, including this recommendation from judith hartley. "if you don't watch anything else today, watch brianna ghey�*s mother interviewed by laura kuenssberg on bbc iplayer, brought me to tears". finally, those trying to find last week's newswatch on bbc iplayer on saturday morning were instead shown this. how did this administration allowed these groups to get so strong in the first place? well, by all accounts... breaking news coverage of strikes by us forces on targets in syria and iraq. that's what was broadcast in our normal news channel slot late on friday night instead of the programme we'd recorded, which was about emails released by the bbc concerning panor

he was pushed on by laura kuenssberg.llowed to happen before the next general election? ., , ., happen before the next general election? . , ., , election? that is what it says in the bill. the — election? that is what it says in the bill. the bill— election? that is what it says in the bill. the bill ends— election? that is what it says in the bill. the bill ends section i election? that is what it says in | the bill. the bill ends section 21. previously— the bill. the bill ends section 21. previously you have said the courts might not be able to cope so we might not be able to cope so we might bring in the new law but it might bring in the new law but it might actually still happen because the courts aren't ready. i ask you again, just to be really explicit, will this practice have any —— ended by the time of the next general election? we by the time of the next general election? ~ ., ., ., election? we will have outlawed it and we will _ election? we will have outlawed it and we will put — election? we will have outlaw

michael tomlinson was on the laura kuenssberg show here in the laura kuenssberg show here in the uk thisection. sitting governments often struggle with by—elections which is the case. he pointed to the role of the reform uk party, that used to be known as the brexit party, they got 10% of the brexit party, they got 10% of the vote in the kingswood by—election, that is the seat in south gloucestershire and around 13% of the vote in wellingborough in northamptonshire. particularly in kingswood, the vote for reform is the difference between labour and the difference between labour and the conservatives. a vote for reform uk is a vote to put labour in office. the number of people voting for reform, both labour and conservative voters because they are frustrated with the two main parties. a difficult week for the government losing those two big by—elections. find government losing those two big by-elections-_ government losing those two big by-elections-— government losing those two big by-elections. and labour facing a tricky week _ by-elections. and labour facing a tricky week ahead. _ by-el

sunday with laura kuenssberg is on bbc one at 9:00 this morning. week. yesterday we sat down with — end of last week. yesterday we sat down with her mum for her first interview— down with her mum for her first interview since that sentencing and talked _ interview since that sentencing and talked about the impact on the family. — talked about the impact on the family, how she hopes to move forward — family, how she hopes to move forward and also how she is planning to turn— forward and also how she is planning to turn her— forward and also how she is planning to turn her agony into real action. she is— to turn her agony into real action. she is desperately worried about how kids can _ she is desperately worried about how kids can find dangerous content ontine — kids can find dangerous content online. her killers have not materiat— online. her killers have not material on the dark web. scarlett jenkinson— material on the dark web. scarlett jenkinson has searched on videos of violence _ jenkinson has searched on videos of violence and torture and est

speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, the deputy prime minister oliver dowden refused to say hehought the comments were islamophobic made by lee anderson or that they intended to be. let's listen. well, that's why the prime minister took action. he gave lee anderson the opportunity to apologise, he didn't take that opportunity. words matter. he didn't choose his words correctly and, having failed to apologise, the prime minister took action and removed the whip. i think that was the appropriate course of action to take. do you agree, though, that the remarks were | islamophobic, anti—muslim? i don't believe that lee anderson said those remarks intending to be islamophobic. oliver dowden also said lee anderson would have kept hisjob if he had followed party orders to apologise. the prime minister rishi sunak has so far not commented specifically on lee anderson's comments. he has put out some words this morning talking about the dangers of a divisive politics and the polarisation and extremism seen he says recently amid concern about the nature of some pro—palestinian protests ac

ms ghey has been speaking to laura kuenssberg. have any hate for either of them because hate is such a harmful emotion to the person that's holding that. but with regards to forgiving them, i think that... no, not really. it's incredible to hear you say you have no hatred towards them, even though they took the life of your daughter, they planned it, they discuseds it on messaging apps, that scarlett had been on the dark web, watching videos of violence and torture. and i think you've just shown again that extraordinary compassionate people around the country have seen in the last few weeks. scarlett�*s mother has thanked you for your compassion. i wonder, did you see her in court? i've seen her but we haven't come face—to—face. but when i think of their emotions and how they're feeling, it brings back how i felt when all happened in february. yeah, she looks completely broken, really, and rightly so, she's going through an absolutely horrific time. is there anything you would like to say to her? erm... i think that i would like t

he's been speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg.tart by giving the audience a real picture of what's going on with some statistics. you can see how much the prospect of owning your own home has changed. earnings have doubled since 1997 and house prices have increased four and a half times. then ten years ago if you look at our next graphic we can show people the kind of impact that has had on social housing. social housing, 180,000 of them have been lost since between 2012 and 2022 while the conservatives have been in charge, resulting in such huge pressure being put on. if we look at the next set of statistics that has meant we have more and more evictions. just last year 6,000, in 2022, rather last year, a significant increase to more than 9,000 people losing their rented homes when they had done nothing wrong, the so—called no—fault evictions. the knock—on from that to temporary accommodation where people end up is a huge increase, 2013, not long after the conservatives took charge, 55,000, now 2023, more than 100,000 people in t

he's been speaking to laura kuenssberg on her sunday morning programme...t's why the prime minister took action. he gave lee anderson the opportunity to apologise, he didn't take that opportunity. words matter. he didn't choose his words correctly and, having failed to apologise, the prime minister took action and removed the whip. i think that was the appropriate course of action to take. do you agree, though, that the remarks were islamophobic, anti—muslim? i don't believe that lee anderson said those remarks she was concerned they would be interpreted, and for that exactly that reason, the prime minister asked — and, indeed, the chief whip asked — for that apology. one wasn't forthcoming. action has been taken. i think that's the appropriate step to take. i think what what lee anderson was more broadly expressing in his interviews, and others have done, is a deep concern — which, by the way, i also share about the way in which politics has been conducted and what has happened over the past week. i never thought that in my lifetime as a politician, i woul

david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary was on the programme this morning with laura kuenssberg andut the by-election coming up-_ coming up. i am sorry that the initialjudgment _ coming up. i am sorry that the initialjudgment was _ coming up. i am sorry that the initialjudgment was that - coming up. i am sorry that the initialjudgment was that he i coming up. i am sorry that the i initialjudgment was that he had made _ initialjudgment was that he had made an— initialjudgment was that he had made an apology, the candidate had made _ made an apology, the candidate had made an— made an apology, the candidate had made an apology, the candidate had made an apology and we could move forward _ made an apology and we could move forward. moore came to light and it was right— forward. moore came to light and it was right that keir starmer acted decisively, i'm afraid, to suspend him, _ decisively, i'm afraid, to suspend him. and — decisively, i'm afraid, to suspend him. and to— decisively, i'm afraid, to suspend him, and to withdraw our support to him, and to withdraw our support to him as_ h

he laura kuenssberg he hoped mr ali had learnt a lesson.— learnt a lesson.he has given a full apology and _ learnt a lesson. he has given a full apology and a _ learnt a lesson. he has given a full apology and a full— learnt a lesson. he has given a full apology and a full retraction. - learnt a lesson. he has given a full| apology and a full retraction. those comments were completely wrong and they certainly don't represent the labour party's view.— labour party's view. azhar ali remains an — labour party's view. azhar ali remains an labour's - labour party's view. azhar ali l remains an labour's candidate. election rules mean he cannot now be removed from the ballot paper. labour has not withdrawn support from him, though, which the conservatives have seized on. it is really very — conservatives have seized on. it 3 really very distressing. we have been told that labour has changed but it seems we are back to square one, back to the dark days of corbyn, back to the anti—semitism that came with it. rem corbyn, back to the anti-semitism that came with it.— t

he's been speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg .s start by giving the audience a real picture of what is going on with some statistics. let us have a look at this, you can see there how much the prospect of owning your own home is changed, earnings have doubled since 1977, house prices having creased for .5 times. ten years ago, we can show people the impact that has had on social housing. —— 4.5.180,000 of them have been lost while the conservatives have been in charge. that has resulted in such huge pressure being put on, if we look at the next statistics, that means we have more and more evictions, just over 6020 22, last year a significant increase to more than 9000 people losing their rented homes through so—called no—fault erections. the no corn to temporary accommodation is a huge increase, you can see 50,02013, now more than 100,000 people in temporary accommodation. —— the knock on to temporary accommodation. you yourself say the system is broken so he broke it? mil yourself say the system is broken so he broke it?— he brok

early on sunday with laura kuenssberg laura spoke to the shadow foreign secretary david lammy about theion visions in the labour party, both over gaza and anti—semitism. she asked him first about a scottish national party motion, calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. i have seen that swelling around social_ i have seen that swelling around social media and that isjust i have seen that swelling around social media and that is just a form of words _ social media and that is just a form of words swelling around social media — of words swelling around social media i— of words swelling around social media. i don't think that was the media. idon't think that was the entirety— media. i don't think that was the entirety that you read out. it is why i_ entirety that you read out. it is why i say— entirety that you read out. it is why i say that, in all seriousness, given— why i say that, in all seriousness, given the — why i say that, in all seriousness, given the tremendous loss of life, given— given the tremendous loss of life, given the — given the tremendous loss of life, given the fac

laura kuenssberg also spoke to labour's campaign chief pat mcfadden and challenged him on the party'st this week that it's scrapping its pledge to spend £28 billion on green investment. it is a decision taken by keir starmer and taken for good reasons. when this policy was announced a couple of years ago interest rates were at 0.1%. they are now at 5.25%. anyone viewing this programme has had to remortgage in the last couple of years will know what that has meant for their finances. now the parallel between household finances and the country's finances doesn't always hold. we don't always using this comparison but when you look at the country's public finances, what that change in interest rates has meant is its costing £70 billion more now to service our national debt than when the policy was first announced. tens of thousands of people have turned out across the uk to see colourful dancing dragons and celebrate the chinese new year. in london they were treated to a blaze of red and gold, with elaborate costumes, chinese performers, street food stalls and chinese arts and crafts, as

laura kuenssberg also spoke to labour's campaign chief pat mcfadden and challenged him on the party'sounds on green investment. this is a decision taken by keir starmer and taken for good reasons. when this policy was announced a couple of years ago, interest rates were 0.1%. they are now at 5.25%. anyone viewing this programme with a mortgage will know what that has meant for their finances. now the parallel between household finances and of the country's finances doesn't always hold. but when you look at the country's public finances, what that change in interest rates has meant is it is costing £70 billion more now to service our national debt than when the policy was first announced. king charles has thanked everyone who has sent him messages of support after his cancer diagnosis — saying the kind thoughts have been a great comfort. king charles arrived at sandringham earlier, for his first church service since his diagnosis was announced. he's withdrawn from public duties to undergo regular treatment for the unspecified cancer. our correspondent louisa pilbeam sent this update fr

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back to my theme about sliding doors, let's listen to both together. 0liver dowden on laura kuenssberg on radio forth. what i would say in respect of what suella said is i disagree with what she said but i think that's is in a different category. i disagree with the comments. by the way, i believe i in the reasons i set out. the underlying sentiment of my deep | concern about these threats in these | i intimidation is which are often. coming from islamic extremists, and we shouldn't be shy of calling this out and i have done - so as a member of parliament. but i don't believe that- what suella braverman has said crosses the line in the way lee anderson has. - but why not? because she said the islamists and in charge. you said you don't believe that is true. lee anderson said the islamists and in control of sadiq khan. why's it different? the thing is, there is a slight- danger of getting into semantics... but words matter, you said it yourself. please let me to finish my point. this is about attaching - specifically to one person, the mayor of london. i think what suella was saying - w

and speaking on the laura kuenssberg programme, the housing secretary michael gove has vowed that the section 21 practice of landlords evicting tenants for no real reason will be banned by the time of the next general election. now on bbc news — political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than the news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. faith and politics shouldn't mix, many argue. but not my guest this week. shabana mahmood, the most senior muslim labour mp and now labour's shadowjustice secretary. in the weeks since october the 7th, she and so many people she represents have found the events in gaza particularly painful. but what has made it particularly difficult for her is channelling the anger, the sense of frustration, that many muslims feel that keir starmer isn't saying what they want to hear said. shabana mahmood, welcome to political thinking. thank you. you have found yourself at the centre of arguments about how britain, how the labour party, should respon

he's made one appearance on sunday with laura kuenssberg, but generally he has confined himself to verybe speaking about the admittedly extremely important business of his being foreign secretary. but we haven't heard him, for example, responding to by election defeats in the way... i can imagine how that call would have gone. "yes, call me dave, dave. "do you fancy going on to defend the bill, one of the worst ever performances in the wellingborough by election? "i'm in the falklands." yeah, but because... you two are the boffins. i thought i've been saying on this newscast, watch for him being wheeled out in this role, like the deputy prime minister in all but name. but you see, i think in this subplot, and i think it's very interesting that you're obsessed with it in this subplot, i think there was a difference, and i am speculating on the basis of conversations that i had around the time. i think there was a bit of a maybe not a disagreement, but a difference in understanding, because people around david cameron's expectation was that they would perhaps do media when he was abroad a

ms ghey has been speaking to laura kuenssberg.use hate is such a harmful emotion to the person that's holding that. but with regards to forgiving them, i think that... no, not really. you have shown incredible strength in this terrible ordeal that you and your family have been through, but i know now you want to turn your attention to some of the things you would like to see changed to help other families of other teenagers with the challenges of living in the 21st century. what is it that you would like to change? so, i'd like to see mobile phone companies take more responsibility. it's so difficult for parents now to safeguard their children. they carry a mobile phone in their pocket 21w, a smartphone with the internet, with all the different social media sites, and it's just so difficult to keep on top of what they're doing. so we've set up a petition which we'd like all families and parents to back and sign. we'd like a law introduced so that there are mobile phones that are suitable for under—16s. so, if you're over 16, you c

she has been speaking to laura kuenssberg. she was absolutely full of life.... she was really, really outgoing. and shejust... she loved attention. she loved to be on tiktok. she loved having all of the likes that she used to receive. and she was the life and soul of the party, really. everybody knew brianna. anybody who ever met brianna would never forget her. you were in court, then, to hear the sentencing on friday of the two teenagers who took brianna's life. what was it like, being there? it was a difficult day, and it was hard to be in the courtroom because up until now we were in a public gallery, so we couldn't really see both scarlett and eddie. i made a conscious effort not to look at them both. i didn't want to see their faces. i didn't want to directly look at them and see what their reactions were. i feel that the sentence that the judge gave them was right. i don't think that scarlett will come out of prison, ever. i don't think there's any chance of rehabilitation. so i think that the sentencing was correct. she was given a minimum of 22 years.

i am reminded of something on the laura kuenssberg programme on sunday where they talked about who wouldinister. a lot of people said martin lewis, the money saving expert, because they trusted what he said and they don't necessarily trust, as we have said, you as politicians. i necessarily trust, as we have said, you as politicians.— you as politicians. i entirely airee. you as politicians. i entirely agree- and _ you as politicians. i entirely agree. and in _ you as politicians. i entirely agree. and in fact - you as politicians. i entirely agree. and in fact all - you as politicians. i entirely agree. and in fact all these | agree. and in fact all these proposals could be implemented by a prime minister standing up at the dispatch box and saying tomorrow, this is a good set of proposals and i will observe them. but of course, for the future, they need to be put on a statutory footing so there is no backsliding. if they were done, the irony is i think government would find it easier to govern and people would realise the quality of government was improved. it's a very odd situation we

miss ghey has been speaking to laura kuenssberg.as absolutely full of life, she loved attention, she loved being on tech talk and having all the light she used to receive. she was life and soul of the party. everybody knew breanna and everyone who met breanna, they would neverforget her. breanna, they would never forget her. ., . ., ., breanna, they would never forget her. ., u, ., ., her. you were in court to hear the sentencing _ her. you were in court to hear the sentencing on _ her. you were in court to hear the sentencing on friday _ her. you were in court to hear the sentencing on friday of— her. you were in court to hear the sentencing on friday of the - her. you were in court to hear the sentencing on friday of the two i sentencing on friday of the two teenagers who took her life. what was it like being there? it teenagers who took her life. what was it like being there?— was it like being there? it was a difficult day _ was it like being there? it was a difficult day and _ was it like being there? it was a difficult day and

now on bbc news, it's time for today s sunday episode of newscast — with laura kuenssberg, paddy 0 connellason. hello, it's laura in the studio. paddy in the studio. and chris in belfast. it's fabulous to see you, you too created the newscast but others were involved.— others were involved. does it all come back _ others were involved. does it all come back to — others were involved. does it all come back to you _ others were involved. does it all come back to you because - others were involved. does it all| come back to you because brexit others were involved. does it all - come back to you because brexit was one of— come back to you because brexit was one of the _ come back to you because brexit was one of the big dividing lines, that is why— one of the big dividing lines, that is why you — one of the big dividing lines, that is why you are there.— is why you are there. true, absolutely. _ is why you are there. true, absolutely. the _ is why you are there. true, absolutely. the last - is why you are there. true, absolutely. the last couple is why you are there. true, i absolutely. the la

sunday with laura kuenssberg is on bbc one at nine o'clock this morning.otest. but also there have been claims and accusations of racism, islamophobia, in the conservative party, so this morning we will speak to the deputy prime minister oliver dowden, rishi sunak�*s right—hand man, asking him what's going on in the tory party. i've also been speaking on the second anniversary of the war in ukraine, the leader of estonia, one of those countries that is a neighbour next to russia, about her fears for how wrong things could go if the west doesn't do more to stand up if the west doesn't do more to stand up to vladimir putin right now. the mayor of manchester andy burnham will join mayor of manchester andy burnham willjoin us on the panel talking about his new book. what does he have to say now is turned into an author too? see you at 9am with plenty more. author too? see you at 9am with plenty more-— author too? see you at 9am with [en more. ., ., ., ~ plenty more. thanks, laura. a really im ortant plenty more. thanks, laura. a really important issue _ plenty

the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg has been speaking to his wife — evgenia kara—murza — and started by askingination as a method of dealing with opponents has been there for...well, for the entire rule of vladimir putin. he's been using this method since early 20005. this was a murder for which vladimir putin is responsible. all that impunity that lasted for decades led him to believe that he's somehow untouchable. and for as long as he's sitting in the kremlin unchecked, we will see more... ..war—monging. we will see more repression and we will see more deaths. you told us injune you feared for your husband's life. has what's happened in the last couple of days increased that sense of foreboding? i have been afraid for my husband's life since at least 2015. since that first call that i received about vladimir collapsing in moscow and going into a coma with multiple organ failure. for no reason at all. an absolutely healthy... ..healthy men with no medical conditions whatsoever, just collapsing and going into a coma with multiple organ failure. i have been sleeping with my phone since, dreadi

sunday with laura kuenssberg is on bbc one at nine o'clock. ods to recover the money — but this could drop to as little as six weeks. and later this month, a £20 application fee for parents seeking help from the child maintenance service will be scrapped. we're nowjoined by victoria benson from the single parent charity gingerbread. we welcome the changes but they are 'ust we welcome the changes but they are just scraping the surface on the issue _ just scraping the surface on the issue that — just scraping the surface on the issue that many parents face when they deal— issue that many parents face when they deal with the child maintenance service _ they deal with the child maintenance service. just they deal with the child maintenance service. , , , . . they deal with the child maintenance service, , , . . service. just explain that, if ou're service. just explain that, if you're a _ service. just explain that, if you're a parent _ service. just explain that, if you're a parent trying - service. just explain that, if you're a parent trying to

she was on laura kuenssberg �*s programme.th the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg. that was such a powerful interview. and the times reports that the "public want a digital pass for all their gp records", according to survey data compiled by the paper. it says "eight in ten" supported health passports, while "89% said that patients should automatically be allowed to access their own medical records". we've been talking about the grammys, which have ta ken place overnight. i think they have just finished, in the last half hour or so. as well as the last half hour or so. as well as the awards and taylor swift's victory we have also been talking about the costumes and outfits. is that a costume? it is not fancy dress! it is dress. she has become the first artist to win album of the year at the awards four times. kylie minogue also walked the carpet. was she in a costume? it is dress! she won for best pop dance recording for her hit padam padam. it's her second grammy — and comes two decades after her first. she looks very happy about it.

deputy prime minister oliver dowden told laura kuenssbergl dowden told laura kuenssberg yesterday thate he will reflect on it. what messa . e hope he will reflect on it. what message does _ hope he will reflect on it. what message does it _ hope he will reflect on it. what message does it send i hope he will reflect on it. what message does it send to i hope he will reflect on it. what message does it send to the i hope he will reflect on it. what message does it send to the muslim communities in the uk that the leadership is talking about the possibility of lee anderson going back into the party less than 48 hours suspending him? i back into the party less than 48 hours suspending him?- back into the party less than 48 hours suspending him? i think what the firm and — hours suspending him? i think what the firm and decisive _ hours suspending him? i think what the firm and decisive leadership - the firm and decisive leadership that took the whip away from him very quickly, when he refused to retract and apologise, it sends a very strong message we do not tolerate people saying such th

two days later, brianna's mother, esther ghey, appeared on sunday with laura kuenssberg and addressedgramme we'd recorded, which was about emails released by the bbc concerning panorama's interview with princess diana in 1995. the correct programme did go out as planned on saturday morning on bbc one and we did get it onto the iplayer by saturday lunchtime. but in the meantime, nev young emailed in: no conspiracy, nev! sometimes, our news channel transmission is replaced when there's a big breaking news story. apologies for the inconvenience and a reminder that newswatch can always be seen in due course on iplayer if you miss it on air. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online and social media, email us. or you can find us on x, formerly known as twitter. you can call us. and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us for now. thank you forjoining us. and do think about getting in touch and perhaps even coming on the programme. we'll be back to hear more of y