Summary

  • Defence Secretary Grant Shapps says the West "took eye off the ball" on Ukraine and it was important to refocus

  • On the infected blood scandal, he says families have been "let down" over decades, with the inquiry into the issue set to report on Monday

  • Labour's Wes Streeting says "all parties" will have to take some "very heavy criticism" over the report

  • They are being questioned at the end of a week that saw Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour's leader Sir Keir Starmer set out pre-election pitches

  • Starmer has unveiled a pledge card with six key policies, including delivering "economic stability" and providing 40,000 more NHS appointments a week

  • Leonid Volkov, who was a senior aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is also appearing on the programme

  • As always, there'll be a panel to help Laura analyse her guests' answers - this week it's journalist Piers Morgan, former Tory donor David Ross and climate activist Mikaela Loach

Live Reporting

Edited by Jack Burgess

  1. A busy week for Sunak and Starmer

    Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak

    Monday saw Prime Minister Rishi Sunak give a pre-election speech, while the Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, has met newly-elected Labour mayors about driving economic growth across the country.

    Sunak’s speech leant heavily on national security and technology, predicting that while the next few years would be “dangerous,” they could also be “transformational” for the UK.

    Later in the week, Starmer unveiled six pledges he said would be priorities for Labour were the party to win a general election.

    The promises include delivering “economic stability,” providing 40,000 more hospital appointments a week and recruiting 6,500 teachers.

  2. Kuenssberg to grill Shapps and Streeting

    Jack Burgess
    Live reporter

    Welcome and thanks for joining us as we build up to another programme packed full of political drama with today’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

    Another week’s passed and we’re edging closer to an upcoming general election later this year.

    Since last week’s programme, both Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer have been offering pre-election pitches.

    The PM has claimed the Conservatives would offer the British public “a secure future”, while Starmer has outlined Labour’s six "first steps” if it were to win the election.

    We’re expecting to hear more on this from the guests and panel, especially today’s interviewees Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting.

    The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navlany’s former chief of staff, Leonid Volkov, has also been speaking to Laura and will be sharing his insights about Putin and the situation in Russia.

    The show begins, as usual, at 09:00 BST and you can follow the latest updates, reactions and analysis here.

    You can also watch live by tapping the Play button at the top of this page.