Summary

  • Nadhim Zahawi should "get it all out now" regarding his tax affairs, former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith tells Laura Kuenssberg

  • But he Duncan Smith defends Zahawi, saying he "genuinely" doesn't believe he is "deceitful"

  • Zahawi has said an error in his tax affairs was accepted by HMRC as having been "careless and not deliberate"

  • On the show, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says he has "absolutely no doubt" BBC chairman Richard Sharp was appointed on merit

  • He was responding to reports Mr Sharp helped secure a loan for then-PM Boris Johnson weeks before being appointed to the corporation

  • Responding to the claims, Sharp says there was no conflict of interest

  • Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would "drain the swamp" and accuses the prime minister of being "too weak" to clear up problems in his government

  • First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tells the BBC there's "plenty left in the tank" and she hopes to be the leader who takes Scotland to independence

Live Reporting

Edited by Nathan Williams

  1. Good morning

    Laura Kuenssberg

    Welcome to our continuing live coverage in text and video of this week’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, who continues her new year interviews with the UK’s main party leaders with Scotland’s First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon.

    We’ll also hear from Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves.

    There’s an interesting mix of commentators on Kuenssberg’s panel this week with the journalist Rachel Johnson, Tesco chairman John Allan and former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith providing their analysis and reaction to this morning's interviews.

    All that and more to come when the programme goes on air at 09:00.