Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)
The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.
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Episode 1 - Can Rishi Sunak Solve NHS Problems?
Release Date: 2023-01-08Laura Kuenssberg's guests are prime minister Rishi Sunak MP, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP and film director Sam Mendes.
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Episode 2 - Will Keir Starmer Reform the NHS?
Release Date: 2023-01-15Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Sir Keir Starmer MP, leader of the Labour Party; Mark Harper MP, transport secretary; Brian Cox, actor; Caroline Nokes MP; Conservative and chair of the women and equalities committee; and Sir Howard Davies; chair of NatWest.
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Episode 3 - The Latest on Nadhim Zahawi's Tax Affairs
Release Date: 2023-01-22Laura Kuenssberg interviews first minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon MSP and shadow chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP.
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Episode 4 - When will the strikes finally end?
Release Date: 2023-01-29On a dramatic morning when Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi was sacked, Laura Kuenssberg interviews Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove, Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, and US Ambassador to the UK Jane Hartley. She has an interview with Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner, and discusses events with the panel of Michel Barnier, Mary Bousted, and Katharine Birbalsingh
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Episode 5 - Can the Tories get on with governing?
Release Date: 2023-02-05Laura Kuenssberg interviews Business Secretary Grant Shapps, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, General Secretary of the Unite union Sharon Graham, and Ukrainian TV presenter Timur Miroshnychenko. The panel consists of Labour MP Liz Kendall, former Conservative Party chairman Jake Berry, and businesswoman Kate Bingham.
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Episode 6 - What are the UK's responsibilities in Turkey and Ukraine?
Release Date: 2023-02-12Laura Kuenssberg interviews the foreign office minister Andrew Mitchell, Labour's Shadow Levelling up Secretary Lisa Nandy, the Polish Prime Minister, Andrzej Duda, and the broadcaster Erue Leith. She discusses current events and the interviews with the panel of the SNP MP John Nicolson, the Ukrainian politician Vadym Prystaiko, and the author and entrepreneur Priya Lakhani.
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Episode 7 - Are we in a new political world?
Release Date: 2023-02-19Laura Kuenssberg interviews the Commons leader Penny Mordaunt, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, and actor Hugh Jackman
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Episode 8 - Can Sunak Get NI Brexit Deal Done?
Release Date: 2023-02-26Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Dominic Raab MP, deputy prime minister and justice secretary; David Lammy MP, shadow foreign secretary; and Humza Yousaf MSP, SNP leadership candidate and Scottish health secretary. Panellists include Dave Penman, FDA general secretary; Thomasina Miers, chef and restaurateur; and George Eustice MP, former cabinet minister.
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Episode 9 - Can the government escape its past?
Release Date: 2023-03-05Laura Kuenssberg’s guests are Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris MP, shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth MP, and online safety campaigners Judy Thomas and Baroness Kidron.
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Episode 10 - Can politicians show the economy is alive and kicking?
Release Date: 2023-03-12Laura Kuenssberg’s is joined by chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt MP and shadow chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves MP. Panellists are Simon Clarke MP, Nadia Whittome MP and general manager of eBay UK Murray Lambell.
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Episode 11 - Are the Tories getting back on track?
Release Date: 2023-03-19Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Oliver Dowden MP, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Lisa Nandy MP, shadow secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities, Kate Forbes MSP, cabinet secretary for finance and the economy, and Georgia Harrison, campaigner and former reality TV star.
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Episode 12 - When will people start to feel better off?
Release Date: 2023-03-26Laura Kuenssberg interviews Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove MP and Shadow Culture secretary Lucy Powell MP.
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Episode 13 - How should politicians manage migration?
Release Date: 2023-04-02Laura Kuenssberg's guests include home secretary Suella Braverman MP and Lisa Nandy MP, shadow communities secretary.
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Episode 14 - Can we avoid a summer of strikes?
Release Date: 2023-04-16Laura Kuenssberg interviews shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP and chairman of the Conservative Party Greg Hands MP.
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Episode 15 - What's Going On In Our Schools?
Release Date: 2023-04-23Laura Kuenssberg interviews Amanda Spielman, Ofsted chief inspector; Oliver Dowden MP, deputy prime minister; Sir Ed Davey MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats; and Jonathan Ashworth MP, shadow Work and Pensions secretary.
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Episode 16 - What state are our political parties in ahead of the local elections?
Release Date: 2023-04-30Laura Kuenssberg's guests are transport secretary Mark Harper MP, Labour national campaign coordinator Shabana Mahmood MP, Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay, and actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi.
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Episode 17 - What Next for Politicians After Local Elections?
Release Date: 2023-05-07Laura Kuenssberg speaks to culture secretary Lucy Frazer MP, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP and New Zealand PM Chris Hipkins. On the panel are Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, Daily Mirror editor Alison Phillips and academic Jason Arday.
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Episode 18 - Will It Be Hard to Make a Living for Years to Come?
Release Date: 2023-05-14Laura Kuenssberg speaks to energy secretary Grant Shapps, shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds, founder and CEO of Stability AI Emad Mostaque, and executive director of the World Food Programme Cindy McCain. On the panel are Greg Jackson, Pippa Crear and Thomasina Miers.
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Episode 19 - Do Politicians Really Care About Saving the Earth?
Release Date: 2023-05-21Laura Kuenssberg speaks to secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs Thérèse Coffey, shadow secretary of state for health and social care Wes Streeting and actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger. Panellists include broadcaster and MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis, Green New Deal Rising co-founder Fatima Ibrahim, and Conservative MP Jake Berry.
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Episode 20 - Can The Government Grip the NHS's Problems?
Release Date: 2023-05-28Laura Kuenssberg speaks to Andrey Kelin, ambassador of Russia to the UK, Steve Barclay MP, secretary of state for Health and Social Care, and Jonathan Ashworth MP, shadow secretary of state for Work and Pensions.
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Episode 21 - Is the Government Getting to Grips with Migration?
Release Date: 2023-06-04Laura Kuenssberg speaks with Robert Jenrick MP, minister of state for immigration, Jonathan Reynolds MP, shadow secretary of state for business and industrial strategy, Joseph Wu, Taiwanese minister of foreign affairs, and actor Brian Cox.
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Episode 22 - Boris Johnson resigns as MP
Release Date: 2023-06-11Laura Kuenssberg talks to cabinet minister Grant Shapps, David Lammy and Nigel Farage about what’s next. She is also joined by actor Alan Cumming and former Conservative leader Michael Howard.
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Episode 23 - Boris Johnson, Partygate and Rising Mortgage Costs
Release Date: 2023-06-18Laura Kuenssberg speaks to housing secretary Michael Gove, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, actor Mark Rylance and Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of a jailed Russian opposition activist. On the panel are historian Simon Schama, former Boris Johnson adviser Samuel Kasumu and former cabinet minister Justine Greening.
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Episode 24 - Rishi Sunak on NHS, Inflation and Russia
Release Date: 2023-06-25Laura Kuenssberg speaks to prime minister Rishi Sunak, shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy, BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg and singer Rick Astley. On the panel are activist Marina Litvinenko, comedian Ben Elton and pollster Luke Tryl.
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Episode 25 - How Do We Fix the NHS?
Release Date: 2023-07-02Laura Kuenssberg speaks to NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard, health secretary Steve Barclay, shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson and Nasa astronaut Christina Koch. On the panel are TV presenter Dr Michael Mosley, former health minister Lord Bethell and online safety campaigner Baroness Kidron.
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Episode 26 - What Are Labour's Plans for the Economy?
Release Date: 2023-07-09Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Victoria Atkins MP, financial secretary to the treasury; Rachel Reeves MP, shadow chancellor of the exchequer; and John Kerry, US special presidential envoy for climate and former secretary of state. Plus actors James Norton and Luke Thompson.
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Episode 27 - How Would Keir Starmer Govern?
Release Date: 2023-07-16Laura Kuenssberg speaks to Labour leader Keir Starmer, business secretary Kemi Badenoch and Australian footballer Sarah Walsh. On the panel are John Lewis chair Sharon White, PoliticsJOE editor Oli Dugmore and former cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom.
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Episode 28 - Crumbling schools and cost of living
Release Date: 2023-09-03Laura Kuenssberg's guests are chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt and shadow secretary of state for education Bridget Phillipson, actor Timothy Spall and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE.
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Episode 29 - Escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife and public
Release Date: 2023-09-10How was it possible for Daniel Khalife, accused of terror-related crimes, to escape from Wandsworth Prison? Laura Kuenssberg asks justice secretary Alex Chalk MP. She also talks to US General Mark Milley, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, Stephen Fry, former government adviser Salma Shah and chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor.
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Episode 30 - Foreign Aid, Russell Brand and Online Harms
Release Date: 2023-09-17Laura Kuenssberg speaks to foreign secretary James Cleverly, Labour's Pat McFadden and online safety campaigner Ian Russell. On the panel are journalist Jane Moore, author Irvine Welsh and activist Nimco Ali.
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Episode 31 - Net zero, HS2 and housing
Release Date: 2023-09-24Victoria Derbyshire's guests include defence secretary Grant Shapps MP, leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey MP, and shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP. Broadcaster Rachel Johnson, Greek economist Yánis Varoufákis, and Craig Mackinlay MP are on the panel.
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Episode 32 - How can Rishi Sunak win back support?
Release Date: 2023-10-01Laura Kuenssberg is joined by prime minister Rishi Sunak MP, shadow secretary of state for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting MP and actor Helen Mirren.
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Episode 33 - What would Keir Starmer be like as PM?
Release Date: 2023-10-08Victoria Derbyshire interviews leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer MP and transport secretary Mark Harper MP. She also talks to Steve Coogan, portraying Jimmy Savile in BBC drama The Reckoning, and Jimmy Savile survivor Sam Brown.
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Episode 34 - What next for the Israel-Hamas war?
Release Date: 2023-10-15Victoria Derbyshire is joined by James Cleverly MP, foreign secretary, David Lammy MP, shadow foreign secretary, Humza Yousaf MSP, first minister of Scotland, and Mark Regev, senior adviser to the Israeli prime minister.
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Episode 35 - Hostages and Aid in the Israel-Hamas War
Release Date: 2023-10-22Victoria Derbyshire speaks to guests including former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, veteran Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi, immigration minister Robert Jenrick and shadow international development minister Lisa Nandy.
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Episode 36 - AI and the war in Gaza
Release Date: 2023-10-29The guests are Michelle Donelan MP, secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Peter Kyle MP, shadow secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, and Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies.
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Episode 37 - Gaza, Covid and King's Speech
Release Date: 2023-11-05This week's guests include Oliver Dowden MP, deputy prime minister, John Healey MP, shadow defence secretary, and the actor Sarah Snook.
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Episode 38 - Protests and the war in Gaza
Release Date: 2023-11-12Laura Kuenssberg's guests include defence secretary Grant Shapps MP, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper MP, and Lord Grade, chairman of Ofcom. Music comes from pianist Víkingur Ólafsson.
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Episode 39 - Will the Chancellor Cut Taxes?
Release Date: 2023-11-19Laura Kuenssberg's guests include chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt MP, shadow chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP, and actor Joanna Scanlan.
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Episode 40 - Will Migration Numbers Come Down?
Release Date: 2023-11-26Laura Kuenssberg talks to prime minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, chief secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott MP, and shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP.
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Episode 41 - Can We Avoid a Winter NHS Crisis?
Release Date: 2023-12-03Laura Kuenssberg is joined by secretary of state for health and social care Victoria Atkins MP, shadow secretary of state for business and trade Jonathan Reynolds MP, and social activist and granddaughter to Nelson Mandela Ndileka Mandela.
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Episode 42 - Will the New Rwanda Bill Stop the Boats?
Release Date: 2023-12-10Laura Kuenssberg's guests include Olena Zelenska, first lady of Ukraine, Michael Gove MP, levelling up and housing secretary, and Liz Kendall MP, shadow work and pensions secretary.
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Episode 43 - Baroness Mone and the PPE Scandal
Release Date: 2023-12-17Laura Kuenssberg is joined by deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden MP, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP and actor Brian Cox. Plus an exclusive interview with Baroness Mone.