Kuenssberg asks Mahmood if she feels any remorse that it has taken this week's attack in Manchester to come to the conclusion that there might need to be a change to the law.

The home secretary says she feels "tremendous grief" for the Jewish community in Manchester and the UK's national community.

"I know I have a responsibility to strengthen our communities," she says, adding that she feels devastated that UK citizens say this attack was "only a matter of time".

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The government needs to get the balance between the right of people to protest and express free speech and the right of the wider community to go about their business free from fear, Mahmood says.

Laura Kuenssberg asks if it is a "dark step" to limit the fundamental right to protest?

Mahmood answers that just because you have a freedom "doesn't mean you have to use it at every moment of every day".

Under her new plans people will still have the right to protest, Mahmood adds.

Kuenssberg turns to policing power in regards to protests. She says antisemitism has become more acute since the war in Gaza started in October 2023. She asks how is Mahmood going to curb the protests?

Mahmood plans to amend parts of the Public Order Act, enabling police to impose greater restrictions and conditions on "cumulative disruption", which she says are regular protests by the same group of people in the same place.

Asked about pro-Palestinian protests that have been recurring in city centres, and if this is about banning those, Mahmood says it isn't about a ban but about "restrictions".

For context: Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of protests on communities and, for example, order organisers to hold the event elsewhere if there has been repeated disorder.

Kuenssberg asks Mahmood why the Labour government "hasn't got a grip" over protecting Jewish communities in the UK.

She tells Mahmood that she could have taken the recommendation from Penny Mordaunt and John Mann's report on rising antisemitism in the UK.

The home secretary says she'll meet with Mordaunt and Mann, and says the government is already providing funding for security for Jewish communities.

The government is looking at other laws that they might want to change, Mahmood adds.

Pushed by Kuenssberg on what she'll do right now, Mahmood says any changes to the law have to apply to wider society, adding that "the right balance has to be struck".

She acknowledges that "the balance isn't in the right place at the moment" and says she's looking at it straight away.

Mahmood is now shown footage of Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy being heckled at a vigil in Manchester on Friday.

She says she understands the strength of feeling and hears the message loud and clear. That is why the government has been reflecting on the enforcement of laws around protests.

Kuenssberg asks if Jewish people who are angry at the government are justified? Yes, Mahmood agrees.

She adds that it is devastating to hear people are having these experiences, calling it unacceptable.

Mahmood says that people are grieving and understandably want more form the government.

Kuenssberg says the police suggested that suspect Al-Shamie "may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology".

Shabana Mahmood says more needs to be found out about the attack and the suspect, and they don't know more about the planning of the attack or who might have been involved.

Asked if she has spoken to the families of victims Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, the home secretary says she has been in touch, adding it's important to respect their grieving process.

She has been spending time in the Manchester community since the attack, and as "part of those reflections", she has announced her strengthening on protest laws.

Kuenssberg asks Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood for updates on those in custody for the Manchester synagogue attack.

The home secretary says there are four people currently in custody and the investigation is happening "at pace".

Whether the attacker acted alone is yet to be confirmed, Mahmood adds. She says the police are looking into the planning and preparation behind the attack.

The other panel members are also asked about antisemitism in the UK.

Dame Penny Mordaunt says protests heavily feature in what Jewish people fear and the home secretary needs to do more to help the community feel safe.

Tory mayor Ben Houchen makes the point that there are a group of people in the country who are joining protests against the war in Gaza to instil fear in the Jewish community.

Laura Kuenssberg is back on our screens, this time from Manchester.

After a quick look over the Sunday newspaper headlines, Kuenssberg goes over the details of the Manchester attack on Thursday, which saw two Jewish men killed and three injured.

A suspect rammed his car into a pedestrian before going on a stabbing attack.

She puts it to Lucy Powell, a Manchester MP, about the fears of British Jews.

Powell agrees that it's "shocking but not surprising" and says the Jewish community have "increasingly felt fearful, anxious, worried for their own safety".

The title credits are up, and Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg begins.

We'll be covering the news lines here - but you can also follow the programme by clicking watch live at the top of this page.

As we get going, here's a reminder of who's coming up on the programme.

Our first guest will be recently appointed Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who will be talking about the deadly Manchester synagogue attack last week as well as the new powers police will get to protect communities from disruption cause by protests.

The show will also be hearing from rabbis Josh Levy and Kath Vardi, who represent the local Jewish community.

The Conservatives are holding their conference in the city this week, and Kuenssberg will be joined by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

The Conservatives are also represented on the panel, with former minister Penny Mordaunt and peer Ben Houchen joining Labour's Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell.

Earlier in the week, the government announced that changes it's making mean refugees will have to wait longer than the current five years before they can apply to settle permanently in the UK.

It also confirmed that the route enabling refugees to automatically bring close relatives to the UK will be permanently scrapped, after being suspended in September.

Previously, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced plans at the Labour Party conference to implement new conditions migrants have to meet to qualify for indefinite leave to remain.

Under the proposals, legal migrants wishing to apply will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record, and volunteer in their community to be granted permanent settlement status.

Thursday, 4 October

09:31 BST: Police receive reports of a car being driven towards members of the public outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, and a man being stabbed.

09:37 BST: Greater Manchester Police (GMP) declares Operation Plato - a set of responses by the emergency services to large-scale incidents including "marauding terrorist attacks" - and a major incident.

09:38 BST: Shots are fired by GMP firearms officers. The force later says a man - thought to be the suspect - has been shot and is believed to be dead, but because of "suspicious items on his person" they aren't able to confirm his condition.

09:41 BST: Paramedics arrive at the scene and tend to injured members of the public. Police initially say four people are thought to have been injured.

10:45 BST: Images begin appearing from the scene, with police and ambulance workers seen wearing helmets and stab proof vests, and a bomb disposal robot.

11:08 BST: Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemns the attack and says the fact it's taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, "makes it all the more horrific".

12:11 BST: Police confirm two people have died and a third person - believed to be the suspect - is also presumed dead. Three more people are in a serious condition, GMP adds.

14:12 BST: Greater Manchester Police confirm the suspected attacker has died after being shot by firearms officers

15:20 BST: Counter-Terrorism say they believe they know the name of the attacker and say the incident has been declared a "terrorist attack"

21:07 BST: Police identify the attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent, and say three suspects have been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism.

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What happened?

• Two Jewish men were killed and three other people left in a serious condition after a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday
• The attack occurred during worship at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, and is being treated by police as a terror incident

What do we know about the suspect?

• Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, is a British citizen of Syrian descent
• He entered the UK as a very young child, and was granted British citizenship in 2006 as a minor
• He was living in Prestwich, Manchester, less than two miles away from Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
• Four people remain in custody after being arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism after the synagogue attack

Who are the victims?

• The two Jewish men killed in the attack were named as 66-year-old Melvin Cravitz and 53-year-old Adrian Daulby
• Both were from Crumpsall, where the synagogue is located
• Melvin Cravitz was a worshipper at the synagogue when the attack happened
• Adrian Daulby is believed to have died after police fired gunshots while attempting to target the attacker
• Three others were being treated in hospital, one of which had suffered a gunshot wound
• The two others sustained "serious injuries" with one suffering a stab wound, while the other was struck by the suspect's car

What has Starmer said?

• Starmer vowed to do "everything" in his power to protect Jewish people in the wake of the attack, "starting with a more visible police presence"

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Also on the programme today is Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who will outline the government's plans to hand police forces new powers to put conditions on repeat protests.

Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of protests on communities and, for example, order organisers to hold the event elsewhere if there has been repeated disorder.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says that "the right to protest is a fundamental freedom", but that had to be balanced with the freedom of communities to "live their lives without fear".

She says that large, repeated protests can leave "sections of our country, particularly religious communities, feeling unsafe, intimidated and scared to leave their homes".

The government is also reviewing existing legislation to ensure that powers, including banning protests outright, are being consistently applied.

The announcement comes after Mahmood called on pro-Palestine demonstrators to "step back" and give people a chance to grieve following Thursday's synagogue attack in Manchester.

The Met deployed more than 1,500 officers to a protest yesterday where 500 people have been arrested.

• You can read more about the new policing powers in our story

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The Conservatives are promising to remove 750,000 illegal immigrants from the UK within five years if they win the next election.

People who enter the UK without permission would also be banned from ever claiming asylum.

Under the plans those whose claims are rejected from challenging decisions in the courts, with appeals instead handled by Home Office officials.

Border officials would be instructed to remove people "within hours or at most a few days", the Tories say, with a reformed "Removals Force" unit seeing their funding doubled to £1.6bn per year.

The party has already said it would end the UK's 75-year membership of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in a bid to thwart asylum appeals.

Our article has more details on Conservative plans to tackle illegal migration.

Laura Kuenssberg
Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The question for the Conservatives perhaps this weekend is: is there a point?

You don't need me to tell you that the Conservatives are unpopular - deeply so. The hangover from the last election was always going to be nasty after a proper thumping, 14 years in power, and, oh yes, those five prime ministers. But the party's standing has fallen even further since then.

No discernible bounce with its new leadership under Kemi Badenoch. No profit from the misery of the government. For the group once regarded as the most successful political operation in the western world, it's dire.

Technically, the Tories are still the main opposition. That brings status and meaning.

But politically, it just doesn't feel at this moment that they are the government's hungry main challengers. That's in part because they were smashed to bits in July 2024 and it was always going to take a bit of time to come round.

It's in part because the party is so far behind in the polls. It's in part because the government is very deliberately making its arguments against Reform, not their traditional Conservative rivals.

The Conservative party has been pronounced more or less gone before. There was even a book published titled "The Strange Death of Tory England". Five years later, David Cameron strolled into No 10.

But the party is in trouble. Conferences are always an opportunity for political parties, but also a risk. The pressure is on the Tories to show they matter in the next few days, or more on their own side may wonder what they're for.

• You can read Laura Kuenssberg's full analysis of the state of the Conservative Party in her story

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Kemi Badenoch has led the Conservative Party since November 2024 and this year's party conference will be her first one as Tory leader.

Born in Wimbledon in 1980, Olukemi Adegoke was one of three children of Nigerian parents. Her father worked as a GP and her mother was a physiology professor.

Badenoch - who is married to banker Hamish Badenoch, with whom she shares three children - grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, and in the United States, where her mother lectured. She returned to the UK when she was 16 and sat her A-levels at a college in south London.

Badenoch joined the Conservative Party in 2005 - aged 25 - and stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in 2010 and the London Assembly in 2012.

When two Tory Assembly members, including Suella Braverman, were elected MPs in 2015, she took a vacant Assembly seat.

Badenoch backed Brexit in the 2016 referendum before achieving her ambition of becoming an MP a year later, for the safe Conservative seat of Saffron Walden in Essex.

She ran to succeed Boris Johnson in 2022, despite never having been in the cabinet. Badenoch came fourth in the race and went on to join the cabinet under Liz Truss and then under Rishi Sunak.

• For more on Badenoch's path to Conservative Party Leader, read our story

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Good morning and welcome to this week's coverage of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

In the hot seat today is Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, who is in Manchester for this year's Conservative party conference. On the agenda is her progress in winning back voters' trust as she approaches one year at the helm - and her plans for the future of the party.

Also fielding questions is Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. She's joining Kuenssberg three days after two Jewish men were killed and three left in a serious condition after a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.

They'll be joined by Manchester rabbis Josh Levy and Kath Vardi, who'll discuss the impact of the attack on the local Jewish community.

On the panel this week are former defence secretary Penny Mordaunt, Tory peer Ben Houchen and Labour's Manchester Central MP Lucy Powell.

We'll be providing you live updates and analysis, and you can follow the show by clicking Watch live at the top of this page. Stick with us.