Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg - Season 5

1. Musk, grooming gangs and the NHS

Aired: 1/5/2025

Laura speaks to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp.

2. Can we make social media safer?

Aired: 1/12/2025

Laura Kuenssberg talks to technology secretary Peter Kyle, shadow chancellor Mel Stride as well as former California governor Jerry Brown and reality TV star Jason Oppenheim from Selling Sunset.

3. Cease Fire in Gaza and Trump's Inauguration

Aired: 1/19/2025

As the ceasefire is announced in Gaza, Laura interviews Darren Jones, Priti Patel, Greg Swenson and Sharone Lifschitz, whose father Oded is held hostage in Gaza.

4. Boosting the Economy, AI and Paul McCartney

Aired: 1/26/2025

Laura Kuenssberg's guests include Rachel Reeves MP, chancellor, and Kemi Badenoch MP, Conservative leader.

5. Violent Crime, Tariffs and Brexit

Aired: 2/2/2025

Laura is joined by home secretary Yvette Cooper MP, shadow business and trade secretary Andrew Griffith MP and Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey MP.

6. Online Safety, Middle East Peace, and Labour's Housebuilding Plans

Aired: 2/9/2025

Guests include deputy prime minister Angela Rayner MP, Israeli president Isaac Herzog, and four parents who are suing TikTok for the alleged wrongful death of their children.

7. Trump, Ukraine and Europe

Aired: 2/16/2025

Victoria Derbyshire's guests are business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds MP, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel MP and Ilan Gur, CEO of ARIA.

8. What Should Keir Starmer Say to President Trump?

Aired: 2/23/2025

Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Stephen Fry, Economist editor Zanny Minton Beddoes and former chief whip Simon Hart.

9. War and Peace: Interview with the Prime Minister

Aired: 3/2/2025

Laura Kuenssberg is joined by prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch and leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey.

10. Ukraine, the Civil Service, and Rows in Reform

Aired: 3/9/2025

Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Pat McFadden, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Chris Philp, shadow home secretary, and Espen Barth Eide, Norwegian foreign minister.

11. Reforming Welfare and the NHS

Aired: 3/16/2025

Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Wes Streeting, health secretary, Laura Trott, shadow education secretary, and Alexander Stubb, president of Finland.

12. Rachel Reeves and the Spring Statement

Aired: 3/23/2025

Laura Kuenssberg is joined by chancellor Rachel Reeves, shadow chancellor Mel Stride and deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Daisy Cooper.

13. Justin Welby and Abuse in the Church of England

Aired: 3/30/2025

Laura talks to Justin Welby, the former Archbishop of Canterbury in his first interview since his resignation. She is also joined by the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, and the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Alex Burghart.

14. Trump’s tariffs: how should the government respond?

Aired: 4/6/2025

Laura Kuenssberg talks to Darren Jones, chief secretary to the Treasury, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, and Esther Ghey, online safety campaigner.

15. Can the government keep the steel furnaces open?

Aired: 4/13/2025

Laura Kuenssberg talks to Jonathan Reynolds, business and trade secretary, Andrew Griffith, shadow business and trade secretary, Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, and Andrei Kelin, Russian ambassador to the UK.

16. Countdown to the Local Elections

Aired: 4/27/2025

Laura Kuenssberg is joined by Pat McFadden, Sir Ed Davey, Kevin Hollinrake, Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden.

17. Farage’s victory: how will the other parties respond?

Aired: 5/4/2025

Laura Kuenssberg talks to Wes Streeting, health secretary; Kemi Badenoch, Conservative leader; Ed Davey, Lib Dem leader; Zia Yusuf, chair Reform UK; and Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Green Party.

18. Immigration, Grooming Gangs and Yungblud

Aired: 5/11/2025

Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics. With home secretary Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary Chris Philp, and Yungblud.

19. The UK-EU Summit, and Elton John on AI Copyright

Aired: 5/18/2025

Laura Kuenssberg talks to Nick Thomas-Symonds, Cabinet Office minister, Alex Burghart, shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Chris O’Shea, CEO of Centrica, Elton John, and James Graham.

20. The Deputy Prime Minister and the Conservative Leader

Aired: 5/25/2025

Laura Kuenssberg talks to Angela Rayner, deputy prime minister, and Kemi Badenoch, Conservative leader, plus Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter.

21. Protecting Britain from global threats

Aired: 6/1/2025

Laura Kuenssberg's guests include defence secretary John Healey, shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick and David Challen, author and son of Sally Challen. On the panel are business owner Kiki McDonough, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti and former cabinet secretary Simon Case.

22. The Spending Review and why Arnold Schwarzenegger wants you to 'stop whining'

Aired: 6/8/2025

Laura Kuenssberg talks to science and technology secretary Peter Kyle, shadow home secretary Chris Philp, Reform deputy leader Richard Tice, and actor and climate change activist Arnold Schwarzenegger.

23. Israel Versus Iran

Aired: 6/15/2025

Laura Kuenssberg talks to chancellor Rachel Reeves, shadow chancellor Mel Stride, Israel’s ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely, Iranian opposition campaigner and son of the former Shah, Reza Pahlavi, and Iranian analyst Hamidreza Gholamzadeh.

24. Episode 24

Aired: 6/22/2025