Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Season 2
202343 episodes
Episodes
E1Can Rishi Sunak Solve NHS Problems?
2023-01-08 · 65m
Laura Kuenssberg's guests are prime minister Rishi Sunak MP, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP and film director Sam Mendes.
E2Will Keir Starmer Reform the NHS?
2023-01-15 · 60m
Laura 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.
E3The Latest on Nadhim Zahawi's Tax Affairs
2023-01-22 · 60m
Laura Kuenssberg interviews first minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon MSP and shadow chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP.
E4When will the strikes finally end?
2023-01-29 · 62m
On 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
E5Can the Tories get on with governing?
2023-02-05 · 60m
Laura 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.
E6What are the UK's responsibilities in Turkey and Ukraine?
2023-02-12 · 60m
Laura 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.
E7Are we in a new political world?
2023-02-19 · 60m
Laura Kuenssberg interviews the Commons leader Penny Mordaunt, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, and actor Hugh Jackman
E8Can Sunak Get NI Brexit Deal Done?
2023-02-26 · 60m
Laura 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.
E9Can the government escape its past?
2023-03-05 · 58m
Laura 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.
E10Can politicians show the economy is alive and kicking?
2023-03-12 · 60m
Laura 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.
E11Are the Tories getting back on track?
2023-03-19 · 60m
Laura 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.
E12When will people start to feel better off?
2023-03-26 · 60m
Laura Kuenssberg interviews Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove MP and Shadow Culture secretary Lucy Powell MP.
E13How should politicians manage migration?
2023-04-02 · 60m
Laura Kuenssberg's guests include home secretary Suella Braverman MP and Lisa Nandy MP, shadow communities secretary.
E14Can we avoid a summer of strikes?
2023-04-16 · 60m
Laura Kuenssberg interviews shadow health secretary Wes Streeting MP and chairman of the Conservative Party Greg Hands MP.
E15What's Going On In Our Schools?
2023-04-23 · 61m
Laura 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.
E16What state are our political parties in ahead of the local elections?
2023-04-30 · 60m
Laura 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.
E17What Next for Politicians After Local Elections?
2023-05-07 · 59m
Laura 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.
E18Will It Be Hard to Make a Living for Years to Come?
2023-05-14 · 59m
Laura 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.
E19Do Politicians Really Care About Saving the Earth?
2023-05-21 · 59m
Laura 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.
E20Can The Government Grip the NHS's Problems?
2023-05-28 · 60m
Laura 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.
E21Is the Government Getting to Grips with Migration?
2023-06-04 · 60m
Laura 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.
E22Boris Johnson resigns as MP
2023-06-11 · 59m
Laura 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.
E23Boris Johnson, Partygate and Rising Mortgage Costs
2023-06-18 · 59m
Laura 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.
E24Rishi Sunak on NHS, Inflation and Russia
2023-06-25 · 60m
Laura 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.
E25How Do We Fix the NHS?
2023-07-02 · 59m
Laura 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.
E26What Are Labour's Plans for the Economy?
2023-07-09 · 59m
Laura 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.
E27How Would Keir Starmer Govern?
2023-07-16 · 59m
Laura 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.
E28Crumbling schools and cost of living
2023-09-03 · 59m
Laura 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.
E29Escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife and public
2023-09-10 · 59m
How 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.
E30Foreign Aid, Russell Brand and Online Harms
2023-09-17 · 59m
Laura 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.
E31Net zero, HS2 and housing
2023-09-24 · 59m
Victoria 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.
E32How can Rishi Sunak win back support?
2023-10-01 · 59m
Laura 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.
E33What would Keir Starmer be like as PM?
2023-10-08 · 59m
Victoria 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.
E34What next for the Israel-Hamas war?
2023-10-15 · 59m
Victoria 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.
E35Hostages and Aid in the Israel-Hamas War
2023-10-22 · 59m
Victoria 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.
E36AI and the war in Gaza
2023-10-29 · 59m
The 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.
E37Gaza, Covid and King's Speech
2023-11-05 · 59m
This week's guests include Oliver Dowden MP, deputy prime minister, John Healey MP, shadow defence secretary, and the actor Sarah Snook.
E38Protests and the war in Gaza
2023-11-12 · 74m
Laura 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.
E39Will the Chancellor Cut Taxes?
2023-11-19 · 59m
Laura Kuenssberg's guests include chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt MP, shadow chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP, and actor Joanna Scanlan.
E40Will Migration Numbers Come Down?
2023-11-26 · 59m
Laura 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.
E41Can We Avoid a Winter NHS Crisis?
2023-12-03 · 59m
Laura 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.
E42Will the New Rwanda Bill Stop the Boats?
2023-12-10 · 59m
Laura 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.
E43Baroness Mone and the PPE Scandal
2023-12-17 · 59m
Laura 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.