on the #BBCLauraK panel... Labour MP Al Carns Crossbench peer Baroness Kidron Broadcaster Richard Madeley Sunday 9am @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer

Joining #BBCLauraK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge MP Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey MP Sunday 9am @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer

NEWSCASTERS! your Saturday serving here - Makerfield special 👇🏼 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nrn4…

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyk… Very strong words ahead of expected social media ban from @mollyroseorg - Ian Russell tells us govt is rushing in a blanket ban, rather than more sophisticated controls, under political pressure, in a 'deplorable way'

Steve, you're a hero!

- on Tues MOD warned No 10 settlement was too low 'the deal was so bad they didn't know how to present it' - late night Weds, Healey threatened to quit - No 10 political team told him on Thurs morn PM wouldn't budge, so he walked - Starmer ally “perplexed” “No one around the Cabinet table has done more to sort defence spending than Keir - but probs on defence cash have been long in the making - are the dominoes starting to fall? More here.. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c621…

Understand Healey was only given full offer on defence cash, £13.5bn, on Monday, even though No 10 wanted to announce it today - chiefs said only 10bn was real cash - Healey had told No 10 cash needed in Jan - No date in PM plan to hit 3pc NATO spending target - Healey could not accept breaking that vow made to allies and Parliament

This is very significant - Defence Secretary quits over defence spending saying govt plan 'falls well short' of what is needed - Healey has always been loyal to Labour, but looks like he felt he had to be loyal to his commitments to defence too

Suddenly it’s June! 2026 so far …

"The logical conclusion [of the guidance] is what you saw on the bodycam” Reform UK's Zia Yusuf says police guidance on race led to mistakes in the response to the 999 call made by Vikram Digwa’s family and in the arrest of Henry Nowak #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bv0…

"I don’t recognise two-tier policing” Justice Secretary David Lammy says white people are not treated worse than ethnic minorities by police but also that the UK has “moved on” from institutional racism against minorities in policing #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bv0…

"The starting point is… we are all equal before the law” Deputy PM David Lammy is asked if ethnicity should be taken into account in the handling of crime and says “context sometimes matters” due to a history of disproportionate treatment #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bv0…

"I told him he was wrong” Deputy PM David Lammy says he spoke to US Vice President JD Vance about the American politician’s comments on “mass migration” and says “Western civilisation has always been open to the world” #BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bv0…

on the #BBCLauraK panel... Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde Broadcaster Kay Burley Former Conservative minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg Sunday 9am @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer

Joining #BBCLauraK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Claire Coutinho MP Reform UK's Home Affairs Spokesperson Zia Yusuf Sunday 9am @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer

NEWSCASTERS - your Saturday serving. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nq8l…

Missing Mandelson messages from minister Darren Jones revealed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1w2… - this is what he said to us about those ‘warm messages’ a few weeks ago 👇🏼