Summary

  • Labour's Peter Kyle says the government "will deliver on our missions" ahead of the Chancellor's Spending Review on Wednesday, though he doesn't provide a clear answer on whether housing and policing will see cuts

  • Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says "mistakes were made" under Liz Truss's mini-budget, adding that the Home Office budget must be protected amid concerns police numbers will fall under Labour

  • When pushed by Laura on whether Zia Yusuf's resignation and return to Reform UK implies "chaos" within the party, deputy leader Richard Tice vows "we know exactly what we're doing"

  1. And that's a wrap - join us again next weekpublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 8 June

    Matt Spivey
    Live editor

    Philp and Kyle on set of Kuenssberg.

    This week's edition of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg has now come to an end.

    Labour's Peter Kyle vowed that Labour will deliver on their missions in the upcoming Spending Review - which will be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday.

    He also said that "every part of our society is struggling because of the inheritance that we had as a country and as a government", in an attack on the Conservatives.

    Shadow home secretary, Chris Philp, admitted that "mistakes were made" under former Conservative prime minister Liz Truss, as his party has disowned her mini-budget.

    On the Spending Review, he says that the Home Office should be protected from cuts as he expressed concern that police numbers will fall under Labour.

    And, Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice asserted that his party knows "exactly" what they're doing after Laura suggested the resignation and return of Zia Yusuf this week demonstrated "chaos".

    And Arnold Schwarzenegger told everyone to "stop whining about Trump".

    Thanks for joining us - we'll be back next week.

  2. 'We know exactly what we're doing': Tice says on Zia Yusuf's return to Reform UKpublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 8 June

    Last in the hot seat, although not actually in the studio, was Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice.

    Here's what we heard from him:

    • Tice says former chairman Zia Yusuf, who resigned and returned to Reform UK in a dramatic 48 hours for the party, has "done a great job but was exhausted"
    • He adds that his party are reorganising, but when Laura asks if the situation could be perceived as "chaotic to some", he says: "We know exactly what we're doing"
    • He criticises the way the Bank of England has been undertaking quantitative easing which he says is wasting tens of billions of pounds, and says he wants to scrap "net stupid zero"
    • He's asked about Reform leader Nigel Farage's claim that Anas Sarwar said he would prioritise the Pakistani community. It's put to Tice that Sarwar did not use those words
    • When asked if Farage's claim about what Sarwar said was false, Tice says: "In the overall context it was not a false claim, it was what Mr Sarwar was doing"
  3. Mistakes were made under Liz Truss's mini-budget, Philp sayspublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 8 June

    Chris Philp on Kuenssberg

    We've also been hearing from shadow chancellor Chris Philp, who was grilled by Laura on the upcoming Spending Review and the Conservative Party's disowning of Liz Truss's mini-budget.

    Asked if he will say sorry for what happened under former Conservative leader Liz Truss, he says "huge mistakes were made" and that such mistakes will "never be made again by a Tory government".

    He says the Home Office budget should be protected from cuts, and he is concerned police numbers will fall under Labour.

    He quotes figures that the Metropolitan Police in London will have to shrink by 1,700, including 1,500 officers, and warns this could be the picture across the country.

    Labour has hit this country with the biggest tax rises in a generation, he says, accusing the party of lying about its promises during the election.

    Employers should be allowed to decide whether their employees can be visible, he says, echoing comments made by his party leader Kemi Badenoch about allowing bosses to prevent staff from wearing the burka, reported in The Telegraph.

  4. 'We will deliver on our missions': Labour's Peter Kyle on Spending Reviewpublished at 09:27 British Summer Time 8 June

    Peter Kyle on Kuenssberg.

    We've just heard from Technology Secretary Peter Kyle. Here's a quick overview of what he said:

    • When asked if he can guarantee government departments that deal with housing and policing will not face real-terms cuts - he doesn't directly answer, saying details will be confirmed on Wednesday
    • But he says the government's priorities will be reflected in the Spending Review and argues that bringing about change in both about funding but also the way services are delivered
    • "Every part of our society is struggling because of the inheritance that we had as a country and as a government," he says, in an attack on the Conservative Party
    • Speaking about modernising technology systems, he says government will start to become smaller and smarter
    • On fears in the creative industries that the government is allowing tech firms to use copyrighted material to develop Artificial Intelligence, he say he will give them the rights they enjoyed in the analogue age in the digital age
  5. And we're off - watch and follow livepublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 8 June

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    As a reminder, we won't be providing extensive text updates this week - but we'll be bringing you the key lines.

  6. Resignation, return and a new role: Reform UK's Zia Yusuf's week in a nutshellpublished at 08:55 British Summer Time 8 June

    Zia Yusuf speaking into microphone, wearing a suit.Image source, PA Media

    Aside from the upcoming Spending Review, Reform UK's internal drama has been making headlines this week.

    On Thursday, Zia Yusuf resigned as Reform UK chairman. Yesterday, he announced his return to the party in a new role.

    Yusuf will lead what the party calls its "Doge team" – which is modelled on the Department of Government Efficiency set up by US President Donald Trump.

    On Saturday, Reform leader Nigel Farage told the BBC he was "delighted" Yusuf had returned to the party.

    In a post on X, Yusuf said he had received a large number of messages urging him to reconsider leaving the party and explained why he quit two days ago.

    "After 11 months of working as a volunteer to build a political party from scratch, with barely a single day off, my tweet was a decision born of exhaustion," he wrote about his resignation announcement shared on X.

    Other parties have criticised Reform over Yusuf's reappointment. Labour described it as "humiliating hokey-cokey" and the Liberal Democrats called it a game of "musical chairman".

    This morning, Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice will be appearing on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, stay with us.

  7. Spending Review: Massive cheques, but what do the totals hide?published at 08:53 British Summer Time 8 June

    Laura Kuenssberg
    Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    With five days to go before next week’s Spending Review, I’ve been passed some of the information that will be in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pages.

    One crucial chart that will be in the huge bundle of documents heading to the printing presses on Tuesday night shows what's called TDEL – the Total Departmental Expenditure Limit.

    In other words, the total that government spends, including the day-to-day costs of running public services and long-term spending on big projects.

    The chart spans 2010 to 2030, so takes in the coalition years, where you can see the total sliding down, then the Conservative years when spending starts rising after the Brexit referendum, then leaps up during Covid.

    And then, when Labour took charge, the red line going up steeply at first, then more slowly towards the end of this parliamentary term.

    The total real-terms spending by 2029-30? More than £650bn – roughly £100bn more than when Labour took office.

    The government's political opponents may look at that red line as it climbs steeply upwards and say: "See, public spending is ballooning out of control."

    This chart does illustrate very significant rises in public spending. But be careful. What this chart doesn't give us is any idea of how those massive totals break down.

    A Treasury document shared with the BBC
    Image caption,

    A Treasury document shared with the BBC

    Read Laura's full story: Spending Review: Massive cheques from the chancellor for some - but what do totals hide?

  8. What we know about the Spending Reviewpublished at 08:48 British Summer Time 8 June

    Dearbail Jordan
    Business reporter

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves sat on a chair, smiling.Image source, PA Media

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing some difficult choices in the upcoming Spending Review, which sets the budgets for all government departments over the next few years.

    The review will confirm how much taxpayers' money will be spent on the NHS and other public services used by millions, as well as how much money the government plans to invest in projects like new public transport schemes.

    The Spending Review will be delivered by Reeves on Wednesday, 11 June.

    In October she set department budgets for 2025-26, and will now confirm spending allocations for the following three to four years.

    Reeves has already set out what is known as the "spending envelope" - how much total government spending will rise by over the period.

    On Wednesday this will be broken down by department.

  9. Kuenssberg to grill politicians ahead of upcoming Spending Reviewpublished at 08:45 British Summer Time 8 June

    Matt Spivey
    Live editor

    Welcome to another Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

    This morning, Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice and shadow home secretary Chris Philp will be put under the spotlight.

    They’re likely to face questions about the Spending Review, which will be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday, 11 June.

    "Sources suggest she has three aspects in mind: security for the country, the health of the nation - that does what it says on the tin, and "investing", all that cash for long-term projects," Kuenssberg writes.

    Actor and activist Arnold Schwarzenegger will also join the programme to talk about what the US government should do about climate change.

    We won’t be posting regular text updates during the show, but you can follow along live right here from 09:00 BST. Just click Watch live.