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"What we often do is we punish people for the bad start they get in life... And it doesn't work." Steve Chalke, founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust which runs a secure school, says 'prevention is better than cure' when it comes to rehabilitating offenders. #R4Today

"We must lock everyone up that we are scared of... But we can't physically lock everyone up we are cross with." Former Conservative justice secretary Alex Chalk discusses the value of custodial prison sentences at the #R4Today debate.

"I do this because I believe it, because I've walked it... If I believe everyone is evil, we don't move forward." Prisons campaigner Mollie Ellis tells @annaefoster about her journey in the UK's prison system at the #R4Today debate.

"You can't physically chuck a 13-year-old over a school gate and say: ‘Go on, get in.’" Actor Anna Maxwell Martin, who's navigated the SEND system as a parent, tells #R4Today that attitude is just as important as funding to help support children with special educational needs.

"The policies that lead officers to make these decisions are wrong." Sir Mark Rowley responds to @EmmaBarnett who challenges the Met Police Commissioner on the arrest by armed officers of writer Graham Linehan on suspicion of inciting violence on social media. #R4Today

"It is my view that you cannot end a big conflict in this world without US involvement." Mark Rutte, Secretary General of Nato, responds to @annaefoster who asks whether President Trump has 'misjudged' Putin over the war in Ukraine. #R4Today

Sir Keir Starmer is to hold talks with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Downing Street later. Political Correspondent @HZeffman explains more on #R4Today.

Should we send fewer people to prison? As the sentencing bill makes its way through Parliament, and the new justice secretary takes up his role, join @annaefoster and a panel of experts on the #R4Today debate this evening at 8pm on @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds.

The National Gallery will build a major new extension, funded by charity donations, and will display more modern art than is currently housed in the gallery. Director Sir Gabriele Finaldi says it is an opportunity 'to grow the estate of the National Gallery'. #R4Today

"I can't start over... For me it's the same government." Sanaa Seif, sister of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah imprisoned in Cairo, says David Lammy needs to keep the commitments he gave as Foreign Secretary despite the PM's recent cabinet reshuffle. #R4Today

"What a bunch of well-informed researchers are saying is... They're qualified to make judgements about these data points, but Joe Public aren't." Health Secretary Wes Streeting says some criticism of the publication of NHS Trust performance is 'elitist nonsense'. #R4Today

Ofsted has confirmed it will push ahead with plans for a new report card system for inspecting schools in England, despite strong criticism. Sir Martyn Oliver, HM Chief Inspector of Education in England, says he has had feedback that the new system is 'so much better'. #R4Today

"We're not afraid of debate." Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he is 'delighted' that Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is standing to be Labour deputy leader, but tells @BBCNickRobinson he will be 'listening intently' to what all the candidates have to say. #R4Today

Bell Ribeiro-Addy has announced her intention to stand in the Labour deputy leadership race - the first MP to do so. She tells @bbcnickrobinson there needs to be a discussion 'about what members don't like' and the party 'could do so much better at being Labour'. #R4Today

Is it clear what Sir Keir Starmer wants the future direction of the Labour Party to be? @bbcnickrobinson asks chief political correspondent @HZeffman, who says the PM is 'trying to sharpen it up' ahead of the first meeting with his new cabinet. #R4Today

“The role of the deputy leader is not to provide an alternative, oppositional voice.” Ex-Labour deputy leader Baroness Harman says the new deputy leader needs to be a woman from outside London. #R4Today

"They've got to up the sanctions... If you bully or harass, you should not be in the profession." An independent review carried out by Baroness Harman concluded there was 'systemic sexual harassment and bullying' among barristers. She explains the findings. #R4Today

"I'm enjoying this lively debate, hope our listeners are as well." Luke Johnson, former Pizza Express chairman, and Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary, discuss their views on changes to workers rights. The Employment Rights Bill is due to become law in a few weeks. #R4Today

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, tells @AmolRajan how hackers weaponised his company’s AI chatbot to carry out sophisticated cyber-attacks. Listen to Radical on @BBCSounds

Defence secretary John Healey has said the government is looking at expanding the use of military sites to house asylum seekers. @JustinOnWeb presses Armed Forces minister Luke Pollard on whether sites that were previously earmarked will be revisited. #R4Today