The show has now finished, but let's catch you up on a few more lines.

Rachel Reeves was also quizzed on the economy and how these huge spending plans square with what Labour has said about responsible stewardship of finances.

Reeves says she's set out Labour's fiscal rules and getting a grip on wasteful spending which will free up more cash for such investments.

A responsible Chancellor needs to know when to say no, Reeves adds.

She says she wants to take advantage of opportunities.

Laura now puts it to the shadow chancellor that some of her proposals echo what is happening in the United States, and says some economists say this will take us back to an "era of protectionism" and the end of "proper free trade".

"Who is going to look after our jobs and industries if it's not the British government," says Reeves.

She notes that Grant Shapps has called action taken by the United States "dangerous".

"I'll tell you what is dangerous - it's sitting on our hands while others are acting."

Laura points out that Reeves wants to spend £28bn a year on subsidising green industries.

Won't people see that as a "scary amount of state intervention"? she asks.

Reeves says the rest of the world is taking a punt on the industries of the future, and the UK risks being left behind.

She says the UK will be importing electric vehicles and steel and green hydrogen in 10 years because we failed to move fast enough.

If we carry on this way, the average family in Poland will be better off than the average family in Britain by 2030, she says.

Some breaking news to bring you from BBC Sports Editor Dan Roan, who gives an update on the BBC's Sports schedules.

He tweets: "At this stage BBC expecting the planned Women's Super League match between Chelsea and Manchester United this afternoon to be on BBC2, but with no pre-match presentation.

"Expecting Match of the Day 2 to follow similar much-reduced format to Match of the Day last night."

Reeves is then asked by Laura about the UK economy and what she would do as Chancellor.

Reeves describes seeing huge potential and ambition around the UK but argues that potential is not being realised.

Reeves takes inspiration from US President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (a massive spending programme including subsidies for emerging industries) and says there is a risk other countries "steal a march" on the UK in terms of changing industries like steel.

The risk, she says, is in the future the UK may have to import car parts and steel because we can't produce them domestically.

Laura asks Reeves if the reputation of BBC director general Tim Davie been damaged

Reeves says: "The BBC has clearly come under immense pressure from the Conservative party to take Gary Lineker off air."

Challenged on whether this is something she knows as a fact beyond what her backbench colleagues have said publicly, Reeves says:

"Tory MPs are talking more about Gary Lineker than they are about the cost-of-living crisis, seven million people waiting for NHS treatment, the crisis in terms of securing our borders and treating refugees with dignity."

She says it's a "shame the BBC has bowed to that pressure" and says it has been blown "completely out of proportion".

Next up is Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves who starts by answering a question about the BBC crisis and Gary Lineker's tweet.

"I wouldn't have used that language but think it's perfectly reasonable he could present the football programme on the weekend," she says.

Reeves then pivots to allegations surrounding Richard Sharp - pointing out that the last time she was on Laura's show there were reports emerging about claims the BBC chairman "helped facilitate" a loan for Boris Johnson.

She questions why he is still chairman but Lineker is unable to present.

Reeves continues: "There is a sense of proportionality.

"I don't remember the same Tory MPs crying about impartiality when the allegations came out about Sharp."

There is currently an ongoing KC-led review into Sharp's appointment as BBC chairman, investigating whether he failed to properly disclose details of his involvement in the facilitation of an £800,000 loan guarantee for the then PM Boris Johnson.

He has denied any involvement in the arrangement of a loan for Johnson.

The BBC is also conducting its own internal review over any potential conflicts of interest Sharp may have in his current role as BBC chairman.

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Jeremy Hunt is now questioned about the Illegal Migration Bill introduced this week by the government, and what it means for the treatment of children.

Laura asks if it will reverse a previous commitment not to detain them.

"We are making special arrangements for children, as the home secretary outlined," says Hunt.

He then says he is "proud" of the UK's record in supporting refugees from Ukraine, Syria, Hong Kong, and Afghanistan and that this support depends on "dealing with the unfairness of illegal migration”.

Pressed about whether he is definitively ruling out detaining refugee children, he says "the home secretary has made clear we are going to treat children differently under these arrangements."

Moving on to the Gary Lineker row, Hunt says it's not for him to say if he should be presenting Match of the Day or not.

He says the outcome that matters most is making sure the BBC maintains its reputation for independence and impartiality.

He says it's important that when viewers see Laura interview him, people know she is doing it on the behalf of the public and not with a political motive.

Asked why it matters so much to his Tory colleagues what a sports reporter says off air, he says it's because in this country MPs can speak up if there's something they disagree with.

But what's behind this is the way one of our most important national institutions works, he says.

More now on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank which funds a lot of tech companies here in the UK.

Hunt says there is a reassurance from the Bank of England governor who says there is not a systemic risk - but the Chancellor acknowledges there is a "serious risk" to the UK's technology and life sciences sector.

Hunt says the government wants to avoid losses to incredibly promising companies.

With that in mind, Hunt says he and the prime minister have been working "at pace" this weekend to come up with a plan which will deal with the cash flow needs.

He says we'll have to wait to see the whole plan.

Hunt is quizzed now by Laura about what he is going to do to support parents struggling with childcare costs.

He tells Laura he is someone who "believes in the virtue of work”.

"On Wednesday you will hear me put together a very comprehensive package of measures to break down the barriers to work," he says.

"Childcare is one of them, and I particularly want to look at the barriers facing the 700,000 parents on low pay, on universal credit, who are not able to work even though they have a child."

Asked about what he is going to do for parents not on universal credit, he says the government can make "a big difference on childcare" by paying the assistance money for it "upfront rather than in arrears".

He then broadens it out and talks about help for older people, those looking for work, and people who have long-term illness, so there's not a clear answer on whether those parents will get additional help.

Laura tells Jeremy Hunt that some members of his party believe cutting tax would be the best way to go and his refusal to do so makes it worse.

"I want a low tax economy," he says. Hunt adds that he's proud that for the first time in history anyone can earn £1,000 and not pay a penny of tax or national insurance.

He says he has cut business rates by an average of 10% in the Autumn Statement.

"But we also have to be responsible with public finances," he says.

"Businesses need stability."

Laura asks if he's hinting that there won't be tax cuts in Wednesday's budget, but there might be in the Autumn Statement.

Hunt says: "You'll see me doing everything in the bounds of responsibility".

Hunt continues to face questions from Laura and she quotes an email from a viewer Phil who asks what he should say to his graduate son who works in London, but who won't be able to afford a home without help?

The Chancellor says there is a need to create jobs for young people and vows to "do what it takes to bring down the cost of housing".

He says the "most capable minister Michael Gove is on the case" and more broadly he has a plan for the future which he will announce on Wednesday.

Laura asks Jeremy Hunt if life has got harder for people under the Conservative government.

He says our economy is actually growing faster than major countries like France, Japan and Italy and about the same as Germany.

He is proud of how the Conservative government has brought inequality down and lifted two million people out of poverty, he says, but admits but it's against really big challenges.

Hunt says in Wednesday's budget he will show that we have a plan to make the UK the most prosperous nation in the world.

Laura pushes him on struggles being faced by many people in the UK, including the younger generations. She asks if it's fair that it's harder for young people to make progress after more than a decade of Tory government unless they have help from the "bank of Mum and Dad". ​

Hunt replies: "We have been giving help to people who have been struggling and when it comes to young people what they want to see is that we have exciting plans to grow the economy."

He says the UK is leading in industries like film, TV and green technology which will provide jobs for young people.

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Next up is Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, who became the UK's fourth chancellor in a period of some three months when he was appointed to the role in October.

He's in the hot seat ahead of the Budget on Wednesday, when he will get the chance to hold that famous red Budget box outside No 11 Downing Street before announcing his tax and spending plans.

Thompson says the row over Gary Lineker's impartiality is a "very unhappy accident" and he knows Lineker well enough to believe in his good faith.

"It's distracting from the actual issue of the men, women and children in those boats," he says.

He adds that this row has kidnapped the debate and pushed it into another unhelpful direction.

Kuenssberg asks whether it would be better for the BBC if Richard Sharp, who has links to the Conservatives, steps aside temporarily while an investigation takes place into whether he failed to properly disclose details of his involvement in the facilitation of an £800,000 loan guarantee for the then PM Boris Johnson.

Thompson says Sharp and Lineker have different roles so are in different positions.

He replies: "The most sensible thing is to calm down, ignore the papers, let the person who is doing the inquiry complete their inquiry, look at what they say and make a decision on the basis of what you know about the facts."

Asked if he thinks Lineker will be back on air tonight he says: "I hope so."

Asked if he believes BBC Director General Tim Davey will survive this he says: "I hope so and believe so."

It is now put to Thompson that what this looks like to a lot of people is the BBC siding with the government, and "bowing to pressure from Conservatives".

"I think what the BBC has walked into is the 21st Century," he says.

He notes similar debates are taking place at the New York Times, where he used to be the CEO.

"New behaviours, new public attitudes, new understandable attitudes from individuals - for example a freelancer like Gary Lineker," he adds.

"Therefore there is the need to think carefully about where to strike the balance."

Thompson continues to say that the issue comes down to whether presenters can insert themselves into topical and political issues.

As a news presenter he - and Laura - both acknowledge that Laura could not say anything like what Gary Lineker said about government policy or she would be out of the building.

Thompson then quotes new BBC guidance which covers non-news presenters.

"I would say, on the face of it, it looks like a technical breach of the guideline," Thompson says.

Mark Thomspon, former BBC director general, is Laura's first interviewee. He says it's important to keep things in proportion around the Lineker row.

"We've lost a couple of sports programmes so far... but frankly people will have forgotten about this in a few weeks, months, certainly years," he comments.

He says walking in this morning, the BBC felt like its normal, rather boring, solid self.

Viewers and listeners should believe the BBC is still going to be here and this episode will eventually be forgotten, he says.

He says the debate is about "what is reasonable for very big BBC stars to say?... It's easy with news."

Labour's Nadia Whittome says the focus needs to be on the government's illegal migration bill, which she says is cruel.

"What I think we mustn't be distracted by, is from the bill itself, which I what I think Gary Lineker was trying to draw attention to," she says.

"I think the point he was making was about the cruelty of this bill.

"You'd have thought they would have learnt not to pick fights with footballers after Marcus Rashford forced them to u-turn of free school meals and now this with Gary Lineker."