Summary

  • Health Secretary James Murray will be fielding questions on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg - watch live above from 09:00 BST

  • It comes after a damning review of NHS maternity services in England found mothers and babies were being failed "on a scale that shames our society"

  • Reform UK's Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick and former Labour home secretary Lord Blunkett will also be on the show

  • Speaking exclusively to Kuenssberg, Lord Blunkett said the police service in England and Wales is "not good enough" and its leadership needs an "ethical reset"

  1. Maternity care failings 'shame our society', damning report findspublished at 08:52 BST

    A rapid review by Baroness Valerie Amos into NHS maternity services in England found too many women were not being "listened to, heard or believed", with racism and discrimination "embedded throughout the system".

    Speaking in the House of Commons, Health Secretary James Murray - who will be fielding questions from Kuenssberg this morning - said the report painted a "bleak picture" of failings across maternity services.

    Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday, Baroness Amos said the system was "not fit for the now and it's not fit for the future".

    "We need national standards to frame maternity and neonatal care against which we can then test how trusts are doing, how care is being delivered," she added.

  2. Police service 'not good enough' and needs 'ethical reset', says Lord Blunkettpublished at 08:48 BST

    There are "significant causes for concern" that police leadership in England and Wales needs a "fundamental overhaul", according to Lord Blunkett.

    The former Labour home secretary, who has co-authored a report into police leadership, says the service in England and Wales is "not good enough" and its leadership needs an "ethical reset".

    "At the moment, the morale and motivation of many of those working in the service needs a reset," Lord Blunkett tells Laura Kuenssberg.

    The report, to be published on Monday, will recommend a "root and branch modernisation" of recruitment, development and monitoring within the service.

  3. Starmer's warning to Burnham and military spending uplift - this week in politicspublished at 08:40 BST

    Jack Grey
    Live reporter

    It's been just under two weeks since Keir Starmer announced his resignation as prime minister and attention is turning to what's next for the Labour Party, and the country.

    On Friday, in his first interview since resigning, Starmer told the BBC about how "intensely personal" and "really tough" it was to accept that his political career was "over".

    He also warned that Burnham, his likely successor, would have to have to spend as much time dealing with global turmoil as he had.

    What else happened in politics this week?

    Defence spending: Starmer set out the UK's defence investment plan, including a £15bn increase in military spending, funded by cutting investment budgets in other areas. This funding uplift has left a shortfall of £4.7bn over the next few years.

    Maternity care review:NHS maternity services in England need a radical overhaul, the government says following a damning report found women and babies were being failed "on a scale that shames our society".

    Fresh Farage allegations:The Reform UK leader has denied new claims that he had broken parliamentary rules following reports he'd failed to declare benefits provided by an ally.

    Media caption,

    Keir Starmer has told his successor that you cannot separate foreign and domestic policy

  4. Health Secretary James Murray to be questioned by Kuenssbergpublished at 08:33 BST

    Mid-shot of Health Secretary James Murray sitting down at an event. He's in a white shirt and brown patterned tie. In the blurred background is a white sign with the words Institute for Public Policy Research in greenImage source, PA Media

    With only a few weeks to go before Parliament's summer recess, it's the turn of Health Secretary James Murray to field questions from Laura Kuenssberg.

    His appearance on the show comes days after a review into NHS maternity services in England found the system is "not fit for the now and it is not fit for the future".

    Reform UK's Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick and former Labour home secretary Lord Blunkett will also be on the show.

    Speaking exclusively to Laura Kuenssberg ahead of the publication of a major report he co-authored on police leadership, Blunkett says thepolice service in England and Wales is "not good enough" and its leadership needs an "ethical reset".

    Broadcaster Christiane Amanpour, former Housing Secretary Michael Gove and former No 10 director of communications under Keir Starmer, Steph Driver, will be on the panel.

    You can watch Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg live at the top of the page from 09:00 BST.