Laura Kuenssberg
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#bbclaurak 9am Sundays @BBCOne @BBCIplayer NEWSCAST on @BBCSounds any time follow @bbclaurak on @instagram
Westminster, mostly....
Joined July 2009
#Budget2025 finally tomorrow .. Started way back in July 👇🏼
Reeves' Budget started in July on a piece of headed Treasury notepaper - what will it look like by Wednesday, with all the constraints and contradictions the government faces?
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'I think we're f**ked' - really do recommend listening to our conversation with Helen MacNamara who was at heart of government during Covid https://t.co/fikH6TFidA
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NEWSCASTERS! A budget blockbuster with @UniteSharon @Jeremy_Hunt and former chief economist of Bank of England, Andy Haldane Different perspectives but if you want to understand what's coming on Wednesday, super helpful, and good natured chat!
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A panel of experts on Labour’s make-or-break budget.
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And as the Greens grow membership and popularity, is Polanski tempted to try and nab Keir Starmer's seat?
“It would be very tempting to take Keir Starmer down” #BBCLauraK asks Green leader Zack Polanski about whether he might stand against the prime minister in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency https://t.co/CkTHGctZ4k
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Is there a limit on how much @ZackPolanski would borrow?
“I���m talking about borrowing for… investment” Green leader Zack Polanski defends his plans to increase borrowing and says the “trust of the public” is more important than markets when it comes to managing the UK's debt and spending #BBCLauraK
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Why does the govt look like it's making buying an electric car cheaper, but then more expensive to drive?
“We need a fair vehicle taxation system” Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is asked by #BBCLauraK about potential plans for a pay-per-mile tax scheme https://t.co/CkTHGctZ4k
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If the Chancellor was NOT going to scrap the limit on benefits for bigger families, you wouldn't hear her colleagues talking like this a few days before.. 👇
“Tackling child poverty is in the DNA of the Labour party” Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander discusses the two-child benefit cap and says the Budget will ensure that "at the end of this parliament there are fewer children in poverty” https://t.co/CkTHGctZ4k
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If you saw the headlines about the inquiry this week but were left with questions, this is WELL worth a listen - including the moment she thought 'I think we are f**ked'
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Helen Macnamara speaks exclusively to Newscast.
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NEWSCASTERS! Helen MacNamara, who was number 2 in Whitehall during Covid, opens up about what happened during the pandemic - what really went wrong and right? - was the inquiry really worth it? - and, could govt cope better next time round?
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Helen Macnamara speaks exclusively to Newscast.
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Reeves' Budget started in July on a piece of headed Treasury notepaper - what will it look like by Wednesday, with all the constraints and contradictions the government faces?
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The chancellor faces her toughest challenge yet in a Budget that will define the government's future, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
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Covid: The inside story of the government's battle against the virus - as we wait for the latest report from the Covid inquiry today, some of the things that went wrong in government have been plain for many years https://t.co/PWseuNnwLl
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Twenty of Downing Street's most senior politicians, officials and former officials take you "into the room" where essential Covid decisions were being made.
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“There’s no way [the BBC] should pay Donald Trump” Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says Keir Starmer should intervene with the US president and get him to drop his lawsuit against the BBC #BBCLauraK
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“Donald Trump is the wronged party” Shadow home secretary Chris Philp criticises the BBC but says it “wouldn’t be a smart thing to do” for the BBC to pay any money to the US president #BBCLauraK
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“I don’t think these proposals are anything like radical enough” Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says he agrees with the idea that refugee status should be temporary but said the UK should go further and leave the ECHR #BBCLauraK
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Mahmood says briefings this week were 'mortifying', 'highly embarassing', and just for good measure, those involved should feel 'abject humiliation'
“None of [these briefings] are acceptable” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood responds to questions about the briefings against cabinet minister Wes Streeting this week #BBCLauraK
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NEWSCASTERS! Your Saturday serving is here... https://t.co/E0UUHFyBq6
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The president says he’ll continue with legal action despite apology.
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More from our interview with Tony Hall on #bbclaurak tomorrow ... 👇
BBC should pay nothing to Trump, former director general says
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'Pissed off and eye rolling' ..... after this week's shambles, ministers' patience is wearing thin https://t.co/PhYYgn4CRz
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Misshaps of their own making overshadow important things the government has to do, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
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