Kuenssberg asks Dave Penman for his opinions on Raab's bullying investigation.

"He says everything is fine, which is not the picture civil servants are painting. One in six say they have witnessed harassment across 20 government departments.

Kuenssberg reads out some comments, before saying politics is high pressure and people under pressure might not behave in the best way. Is it that bad?

Penman responds: "That's what they're telling us. Civil servants work in that high-pressured environment, they know what it's like.

"But they know the difference between a minister that is respectful of their jobs and a bully."

George Eustice adds he always got junior civil servants into meetings and put them to a test.

"Yes," he says, "I would try and provoke a response but no excuse for getting aggressive with people."

Kuenssberg now asks George Eustice if when he was a minister he heard reports of his colleagues behaving badly.

He says if you talked to civil servants they would tell you about those ministers who they enjoyed working with and those they enjoyed working with less.

He says if there's a problem then the cabinet secretary - who is in charge of the civil service - is the person who should deal with it.

On the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, Eustice says we have to wait and see but there are still some issues.

Let's go back to Kuenssberg's panel to see what they think of what we've heard from Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab.

Kuenssberg points out some lines from a survey saying civil servants have reported ministers "swearing and being aggressively critical with no right of reply".

First Division Association general secretary Dave Penman says the humiliating, demeaning behaviour that civil servants are reporting means they cannot do their job to give ministers the advice they need.

He says plain speaking is different from bullying and he thinks the situation has got worse.

Finally, Kuenssberg asks Raab a question from the mother of Joanna Simpson, asking why her daughter's killer is being released from prison half-way through his sentence without being mentally assessed, before asking if he would meet her?

"Of course I will meet her," the justice secretary responds.

"I will look at this case the way I would look at any other and am bringing forward reforms to the parole process. I hope Labour will get behind the reforms."

Dominic Raab is now being asked about the allegations of bullying he is facing from civil servants - which he denies.

Kuenssberg says a survey found 70% of senior civil servants had no faith that a complaint about a minister's conduct would not be deal with fairly. She asks whether the civil service a safe place to work?

He says the relationship between ministers and civil servants is critically important and the vast majority of the time the relationship is excellent, by and large it works effectively. He says: "I don't think there's an institutional systemic problem".

Kuenssberg asks: "Is Dominic Raab a bully?" He replies "no".

She asks if he's ever gone home at the end of the day​ and thought he shouldn't have raised his voice or behaved in a certain way.

He says: "I am confident I behaved professionally throughout​."

Kuenssberg asks if he believes there should be more plain speaking in politics?

He says yes, but he has zero-tolerance of bullying.

Raab is asked by Laura whether internal Tory politics will decide whether any new deal on Northern Ireland with the EU gets through or not?

"We're doing this to protect all communities in Northern Ireland, we're fulfilling out manifesto. We're protecting the Good Friday Agreement.

"The PM is seeking to get a deal which fixes all issues, that will resolve issues for business and the average citizen in Northern Ireland".

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab's interview kicks off with the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.

Laura Kuenssberg asks on a scale of 1 to 10 how likely it is we will see a deal in the next few days.

Raab doesn't name a number on the scale and says there are different bits of the jigsaw : "I think we've made progress," he says. But there is no deal until there's a whole deal, he adds.

Kuenssberg asks if there will be a proper vote on a deal and Raab says: "MPs will have the opportunity to express themselves.

Kuenssberg presses on whether or not that mean MPs will get to vote and Raab says: "Parliament will have the ability to express itself."

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On the show first is Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab. He’ll be facing questions on the Northern Ireland Protocol and when we can expect a deal to be announced - the prime minister says he is giving it everything to reach an agreement.

There could also be questions for Raab on transgender issues and possibly fruit and vegetable shortages.

Stay tuned and we'll bring you what he has to say.

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is live on BBC One, iPlayer and the top of this page right now.

Before we get to hear from Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, this week’s panel of Dave Penman, Thomasina Miers and George Eustice are telling Laura Kuenssberg what they feel are the key matters to be addressed.

We'll bring you the key news lines, quotes and video clips from the show.

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is due up at the top of the hour, and you can watch the programme without leaving this page by clicking on the play button in the picture above.

Stay with us for the latest news lines, quotes, and video clips as we follow the show - which features this week Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

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At around 09:30 on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg will hear from Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf - who this week threw his hat into the ring to replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and first minister of Scotland.

After nominations for the leadership ballot closed at noon on Friday, it was confirmed Yousaf would face Kate Forbes and Ash Regan in the contest.

The ballot of SNP members, which will use a single transferable vote system, opens on 13 March and the winner will be announced on 27 March.

• You can read more about each candidate here

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s attempts to get a new deal with the EU on the rules governing the movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland dominates the front pages of this morning’s newspapers.

Writing in the Sunday Times, the prime minister says he will “get Brexit done” with the paper saying a new agreement with the European Union could be announced as early as tomorrow.

The Mail on Sunday leads on claims that Sunak is exploiting the Royal Family to get his new Brexit deal over the line - with the monarch set to visit Berlin and Paris next month in a bid, the paper says, to “schmooze” European leaders.

The Sunday Telegraph says Sunak will effectively “snub” his predecessor Boris Johnson by promising to scrap a proposed law which would allow the UK to over-ride parts of the Northern Ireland protocol it doesn’t like.

The Northern Ireland Protocol bill was introduced by Johnson when he was prime minister, but Sunak is understood to think his new deal with the EU makes it redundant.

• Read about these stories and the others making the Sunday papers in our full review

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if you're just joining us over your morning tea and toast, our lead story is Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying he is "giving it everything" to secure a new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said the deal over trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland was "inching towards a conclusion". He’s urged politicians from the UK, Brussels and Northern Ireland to "go the extra mile" to get it over the line.

A No 10 source says negotiations are positive. The Northern Ireland Protocol - agreed under former PM Boris Johnson after the UK left the European Union - has been an ongoing source of tension. It sees Northern Ireland continue to follow some EU laws so that goods can flow freely over the border to the Republic of Ireland without checks.

Instead, goods arriving from England, Scotland and Wales are checked when they arrive at Northern Irish ports. Some, including Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, feel this undermines the nation's position within the rest of the UK as well as impacting trade.

Jessica Parker
Reporting from Brussels

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Diaries are being cleared, travel plans changed and everyone involved kept on high alert. Even the most cautious officials are whispering that maybe, this time, it really is "on".

Negotiators, who are said to be "burnt out", will be on edge to see if a deal is done to change contentious post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland, known as the protocol. Monday is the mooted moment when a possible deal could be announced.

Big chunks have already spilled out through unofficial channels, about how checks on goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will be eased, even eliminated.

Expect changes as well to rules on business subsidies and on VAT, along with a softened role for the European Court of Justice, the EU's top court, in policing trading arrangements. And Northern Ireland could get a beefed-up role in saying which EU rules apply to them.

• You can read Jessica’s full analysis here

Laura Kuenssberg
Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

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A deal between London and Brussels is close - but can Rishi Sunak push it through?

"It's all about leadership now" - it is not, any longer, according to that particular diplomatic source, about the finer details of customs posts; the never-ending tangle of whether it's UK or EU law that's supreme; or whether a sausage that's been made in Bolton needs to be inspected if it is going to be sold in Belfast.

A deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol is so close that the negotiating teams have been consulting the thesaurus to help pick a name, in scenes reminiscent of the 80s political comedy Yes Minister.

Sorting out the protocol - those post-Brexit trading arrangements - matters practically if you live in or do business with Northern Ireland.

And it matters a great deal for Rishi Sunak and the government, who are eager for this bitter hangover from the Brexit negotiations to fade.

• Read Laura's full piece here

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Listening to the interviews on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg are the panel who’ll offer their analysis of what they’ve heard.

This week we’ll hear from Dave Penman, the boss of the senior civil servants’ union the First Division Association. Alongside him will be chef, restaurateur and food writer Thomasina Miers. Completing the line-up this week is Conservative MP and former Environment Secretary George Eustice.

Dave Penman has spent more than a decade running the FDA union which represents senior civil servants and diplomats in the UK government and the devolved administrations. The FDA has been calling for the suspension of this week’s guest Dominic Raab over allegations he bullied civil servants during his ministerial career - claims which the justice secretary strongly denies.

Thomasina Miers came to prominence in the food industry after winning TV’s Masterchef in 2005. Before that she spent many years living and working in Mexico where she fell in love with the country’s food. Following her success on TV she co-founded the Wahaca chain of Mexican restaurants. Miers has gone on to write about food, including several cookbooks, as well as presenting TV programmes on cuisine.

George Eustice is the Conservative MP for Camborne and Redruth and a former environment secretary whose brief included food and farming. Prior to entering Parliament in 2010 Eustice worked for former Tory leaders Michael Howard and David Cameron. Eustice returned to the backbenches after Liz Truss became prime minister last September.

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Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is the first of Kuenssberg's guests this morning. We'd expect to get some insights from him on Rishi Sunak's attempts to get a new deal with the EU on Northern Ireland trade

Raab could also face questions on supermarkets limiting vegetable sales, and the continuing investigation into allegations - which he denies - that he bullied civil servants.

​​Also on the show today is Humza Yousaf, the Scottish health secretary. He’s entered the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP, securing enough nominations to be considered. ​​But he’s also faced criticism for missing the final vote on Scotland’s equal marriage legislation.

Yousaf has defended this decision, saying he had an “unavoidable” engagement about a prisoner on death row in Pakistan at the time of the vote, but a former Scottish minister says Yousaf arranged a meeting as cover saying he didn’t have the courage to cast a vote on the bill. ​​

​​With Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer putting forward the party’s five “missions” for the country, shadow foreign secretary David Lammy will be talking to Kuenssberg later. As well as seeking out more detail on what these pledges mean and how they might be delivered, we'll also see what he has to say about the government's attempts to fix relations with the EU over Northern Ireland.

​​The programme is live from 09:00 GMT on BBC One, iPlayer and at the top of this page.

Welcome to our live coverage of today’s big political interviews as we bring you text coverage, reaction and analysis from Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

It’s been another busy week in UK politics. We now know who is running to be the new leader of the Scottish National Party following Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to step down.

Rishi Sunak might be getting closer to sorting out a deal on the Northern Ireland protocol, but there might still be a way to go.

Elsewhere, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer outlined the five missions the party will offer voters at the next election.

And of course Friday was the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine which was marked by a minute’s silence across the UK and a remembrance service at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London.

Stay with us as Kuenssberg's guests and the panel discuss all this and more from 09:00 GMT.