Starmer says that he is arguing against Reform because the party wants to "tear the country apart", referring to the party's plans to scrap Indefinite Leave to Remain.

Kuenssberg asks him when he realised the political left was "getting it wrong on immigration".

Starmer says he believed that 10 years ago but he side steps the question, and insists there is work to do but Labour only came to power one year ago.

He says the party is taking measures to tackle illegal immigration and there have already been "35,000 returns" since coming to power.

Starmer is then asked what he will be talking about over the next few days at Labour's Party conference. Kuenssberg refers back to the prime minister's comments earlier this week where he set out his diving lines with Reform UK and described Nigel Farage's party as the "enemy", before asking what his phrase "patriotic renewal" means.

Starmer says it's about getting the economy working, wealth creation, and fixing all parts of the country, such as the NHS, adding that it needs to be made "fit for the future".

Starmer says they need to change the relationship between the state and the people and bring the whole country with them.

Kuenssberg's first question for the prime minister this morning: How much trouble are you in?

Starmer responds by listing what he sees as his government's achievements bringing down NHS waiting lists, extra childcare funding and defence.

"But we've got to do more," he says. "We inherited a complete mess."

Kuenssberg pushes Starmer, referring to recent polls which suggest Labour are struggling.

"We will be judged on the next election on whether we have improved living standards," Starmer says.

He adds that he understands the public are "frustrated" at the time taken to deliver the change Labour promised - and there is "a lot of hard work to do".

Today's headlines are dominated by England's win at the Women's Rugby World Cup yesterday.

The Sunday Telegraph declares "English Roses rule the world", alongside a report that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is "facing a revolt", with ministers "begging" her to break her "iron-clad" fiscal rules to allow more spending.

It's a similar image on the front of the Observer, with a picture of England captain Zoe Aldcroft holding the trophy aloft.

The Sunday Express leads with warnings that Nato "must demonstrate strength and unity in the face of Moscow's escalating provocations". War will be "inevitable", the paper claims, noting there is "little to deter" Russia risking a clash with the alliance.

While the build-up to the Labour party conference tomorrow leads the Sunday Times, which has spoken to the prime minister.

We have a full review of what's making the headlines this morning here.

This week's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is now under way.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will be in the hot seat fielding questions in just a few short minutes.

As a reminder, you can follow the programme by clicking watch live at the top of this page, or follow here for text updates.

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The government will underwrite the £1.5bn loan to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) from a commercial bank, arguing it will protect jobs around the UK.

The loan is designed to help the company support its suppliers after it suffered a cyber-attack last month that forced the British carmaker's production lines to come to a weeks-long halt.

JLR shutdown has had a domino effect on its many suppliers – most of them small businesses – with worries some could go out of business.

The company operates the largest supply chain in the UK's car making industry, employing around 150,000 people.

No cars have been built this month, and the company has stopped placing orders with its 700 suppliers.

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New Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has suggested that the international community is on the verge of securing a peace deal to end the war in Gaza.

In an interview with the Guardian, external yesterday ahead of the Labour Party Conference, she says leaders at the UN summit - from which she has just returned from - have “reached a moment where the world wants to end this war”.

This followed on from US President Donald Trump's indication that a peace deal was within sight.

While Cooper urged Israel to "urgently change course", she stopped short of saying that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, explaining that the government's position was down to a legal process.

The UN commission of inquiry has found Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, which the Israeli foreign ministry rejected as "false".

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Ahead of Labour's conference, the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says she is looking to change the law around claiming indefinite leave to remain.

Speaking to the Sun on Sunday, external, Mahmood describes legal migration as a "good thing", with the UK having "always welcomed people who want to come and work", but caveated that migrants should be making a "contribution to their wider community".

"I am looking at how to make sure that settlement in our country - long term settlement, Indefinite Leave to Remain - is linked not just to the job you are doing, the salary you get, the taxes you pay, [but] also the wider contribution you are making to our communities," she explains.

Starmer's interview this morning comes days after he announced his plans for digital IDs. He says they will ensure the country's "borders are more secure", but the plans have already faced criticism from opposition parties.

So far, we now know:

• It will include a name, date of birth, nationality or residency status, and a photo
• You won't have to carry IDs around
• You'll never be asked to produce it - other than when proving a right to work in the UK
• The ID will be on people's phones - similar to contactless cards
• It will be compulsory for anyone looking to work in the UK

What we still don't know:

• When exactly the scheme will be introduced - the government says it will be mandatory "by the end of the Parliament"
• Whether the card will include people's address - this will be considered in the government's consultation
• What those without smartphones will use - the government says it's working on this element

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Also on the show this morning is the shadow housing secretary, James Cleverly.

Cleverly returned to the front bench in July as part of a reshuffle of Kemi Badenoch’s senior team. He was Angela Rayner's counterpart until her resignation earlier this month.

The Braintree MP held a number of ministerial roles when the Conservatives were in government, including as home secretary and foreign secretary.

He briefly became the frontrunner in the race to replace Rishi Sunak during last year's Conservative leadership contest but was surprisingly knocked out in the final ballot of MPs, coming third behind Badenoch and Robert Jenrick.

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It's been hard for the prime minister to avoid questions this week on the possibility of a leadership challenge from Burnham, and it may be a topic again on the show this morning.

Speaking to the BBC on Thursday, Keir Starmer said he didn't want to be drawn on commenting on the "personal ambitions of the mayor".

Starmer likened Burnham's rival proposals to change the tax system to those of the short-lived Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss, whose policies he said had been "a disaster for working people".

"It was three years ago this week that we had the Liz Truss experiment where she abandoned fiscal rules," he said.

"I'm not prepared to ever have that inflicted on working people again."

Burnham has also been facing a backlash from Labour MPs over rumours of a challenge.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has been in the spotlight this week after telling the Daily Telegraph that some Labour MPs had asked whether he would consider running for the party leadership.

When asked by the paper whether colleagues were preparing to support a leadership run, he said: “People have contacted me throughout the summer, yeah."

In a subsequent interview with BBC Radio Manchester, he said the Labour leadership was "up to the party" and "not my decision" to make.

"It's got to be about more than a personality contest," he said.

Burnham has twice run for leadership of the party - in 2010 and 2015 while Labour was in opposition.

But he is not an MP and would need to become one, by winning a by-election, and resign as mayor before he could even begin the process of trying to challenge Starmer as Labour leader. With no by-elections on the horizon, it's unlikely he'll be an MP any time soon.

Even if he was one, to challenge for the leadership he would need to be nominated by 20% of the combined ranks of Labour MPs, or 80 in total. Nominations are made in writing to the general secretary of the Labour party.

Ruth Comerford
Live reporter

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Starmer says he believes his government can still "pull this round" as the Labour party heads into its annual conference hoping to revive public support.

With opinion polls suggesting Labour trails Reform UK, and mounting speculation that Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham could launch a leadership challenge (more on this in the next post), the prime minister told the Times it was time to "roll up our sleeves and get on with it".

He also renewed his attacks on Nigel Farage, saying Reform UK would "tear this country apart".

The conference in Liverpool would be an opportunity to show Labour's alternative to the "toxic divide and decline" offered by Reform, the PM says.

His comments mark the latest in a recent string of fierce criticisms of Farage in newspaper interviews, which the Reform leader has hit back at.

Farage told the , externalTelegraph that Starmer's language "smacks, frankly, of total desperation" after the prime minister referred to Reform as an "enemy" in an interview with the Guardian.

Starmer's attacks continued this morning, describing Farage as "grubby" in an interview with the Sunday Mirror, adding that the Reform leader was "unpatriotic" for "pretending" he would fix problems that mattered to voters.

• For more of Starmer's comments, read our news story

In the hot seat today is Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who's facing questions days after announcing his government is planning to introduce digital ID for all working adults in the UK.

For the Conservatives, we'll be hearing from shadow secretary of state for levelling up James Cleverly.

Also on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg are:

• Secretary General of GMB Gary Smith
• Former Home Secretary Sir Alan Johnson
• Labour MP and former deputy leadership contender Bell Ribeiro-Addy

As always, you can stream the show live at the top of this page by pressing watch live from 09:00 BST.

We’ll also be covering the main points from all today’s guests right here - stick with us.

Laura Kuenssberg
Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Sir Keir Starmer achieved what many sage minds in Westminster believed was impossible.

Labour smashed itself to bits in 2019. But Sir Keir put the party back together and swept back to power with an epic majority five years later.

Yet, turn on the radio or glance at the headlines and Labour appears to be flirting with the unthinkable – giving him his P45.

In the last few days I've spoken to 30 people across government and the party - ministers, MPs, advisers - to try to work out, as the prime minister makes his way to Labour's annual party conference in Liverpool, how much trouble is he really in?

Read more from Laura here.

Jamie Whitehead
Live editor

Good morning and welcome to our coverage of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

Today's programme comes from the shadow of the Liver Building in Liverpool as the Labour Party conference gets under way today.

And it's been a busy few weeks for the government. Where to begin? Just over a year in Downing Street and Keir Starmer has had to do a major reshuffle following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner a few weeks ago.

Then there was the sacking of US ambassador Peter Mandelson.

There's been speculation the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, could mount a challenge for the party's leadership.

Starmer's also announced a mandatory digital ID in a crackdown on illegal working.

And then there's Reform UK, who recent opinion polls suggest Labour is now trailing behind, and Starmer has become embattled in a war of words with its leader Nigel Farage in this morning's papers.

There's lots to get through. But in on hour's time the PM will be sitting down with Laura Kuenssberg to discuss all of this, and no doubt so much more, so get yourself comfortable and you can watch live above from 09:00 BST.