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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday 27 September 2026 · 09:00 BST · 1h · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 59 of 60 min on news stories (99%)
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BBC One West's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg began with news of a tense situation in Northern Ireland, where the Orange Order was given permission to march along the nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown, people had been blocking the road since the early hours, and the deputy first minister and first minister appealed for calm. Police in Gloucestershire declared a major incident at RAF Fairford, evacuating properties in the Whelford area, while an army bomb disposal team examined vehicles and several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act.
At the Labour conference in Liverpool, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would grasp the nettle on social care in England, setting out a vision for a national care service based on NHS principles, free at the point of use and funded by everyone, with more detail due in his Tuesday speech and Baroness Louise Casey's review informing the how. He said he would put the plan to the public at the next general election and acknowledged difficult public finances, economic pressures including inflation, energy bills and borrowing costs, and said he would not make crude welfare cuts. On immigration, he called masked protests unacceptable, cited falls in net migration and boat crossings while saying more was needed, and said concerns about asylum accommodation should be addressed. On Northern Ireland, he said the decision rested with the Chief Constable and the Parades Commission and appealed for calm. A studio panel then discussed his social care commitment, the economy, devolution and the conference atmosphere.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said the Conservatives would not support tax rises and would seek savings elsewhere, particularly in the welfare budget. BBC Director General Matt Brittin said licence fee funding had fallen by about 25% over ten years, that cuts were unavoidable and some channels or radio stations could close, and discussed reforming BBC funding and maintaining impartiality. The studio panel later returned to social care, the timing of proposals and economic challenges.
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- 5:39
Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
“We are making really good progress now.”
- 33:32
Darren Jones, former cabinet minister
“Well, the first thing I think is that”
- 34:12
Gloria de Piero, former Labour MP, now broadcaster
“Well, we have had general elections”
- 35:06
Steve Rotheram, mayor of Liverpool City region
“Well, he's just nailed the myth”
- 39:44
Chris Philp, Shadow Home Secretary
“Well, we do not support tax increases.”
- 45:02
Matt Brittin, new BBC Director General
“Yeah, I mean, it's very difficult, isn't it?”
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- 5:20
- 8:12
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
A politician said further detail and a timetable for social care reform would be set out at their party conference that week.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 8:12-8:21
- 8:12
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
A politician said further detail and a timetable for social care reform would be set out at their party conference that week.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 8:12-8:21
- 8:21
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
A politician committed to a social care system based on NHS principles.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 8:21-8:25
- 8:21
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
A politician committed to a social care system based on NHS principles.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 8:21-8:28
- 8:25
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
A politician committed to a social care system based on NHS principles.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 8:25-8:30
- 8:58
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Baroness Louise Casey is still carrying out an official review.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 8:58-9:02
- 9:55
Charged quote Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
They work day in, day out with huge humour and humanity and skill in what they do. Keeping a threadbare system, if you like, trying to hold it together, but caring for other people's parents on poverty pay. How have we let this go on so long? One of the reasons, though, why politicians have looked at this
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 9:55-9:58
- 10:27
Contested quote Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
because you've committed to the same principles as the NHS. If you look at what that might cost, some estimates say £18 billion a year, that's health foundation figures, some people estimate even more than that. It's not that high. It's not that high. So what are we talking about then? It's not that high. But can I directly deal with this issue of the cost?
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 10:27-10:28
- 10:27
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
A politician said free social care would cost less than the £18 billion figure suggested.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 10:27-10:29
- 10:54
Charged quote Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
That is what's happening at the moment. So to suggest there isn't a cost to people at this moment in time, there's a huge cost. Social care in England is as unfair as American health care, where the most vulnerable in society can lose everything. They can be wiped out, not just by the condition that they have,
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 10:54-10:59
- 12:55
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
A politician committed to a social care system based on NHS principles.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 12:55-12:59
- 12:55
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
A politician committed to a social care system based on NHS principles.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 12:55-12:59
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Claim Prime Minister Burnham pressed on Budget, taxes, welfare and energy bills
The Prime Minister declined to identify cuts before the Budget, saying people should wait until Tuesday.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 21:25-21:33
- 29:26 Story begins High Court bans Orange Order march on Garvaghy Road
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Claim High Court bans Orange Order march on Garvaghy Road
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Sir Chris Bryant appealed for calm and for political tensions to be lowered.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 30:35-30:39
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- 47:35
Claim BBC director general warns some TV channels and radio stations may close
The BBC Director General warned that financial pressures could force some TV channels and radio stations to close, and said no programme or channel could be guaranteed to continue indefinitely.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 27 September 2026, 47:35-47:42
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