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Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Sunday 1 November 2026 · 09:00 GMT · 1h · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 57 of 60 min on news stories (95%)
Broadcast overview
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Led by criticism of John Healey's first budget as 'small beer' on growth and defence, this was an overwhelmingly UK budget bulletin. The three budget segments took 41 minutes and 3 seconds of the 54-minute running order, with the opening segment alone lasting 18 minutes. The later mix included a slavery apology, a Green Party dispute and US midterms, with the US segment taking 6 minutes 27 seconds.
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- 0:37
John Healey, former defence secretary, now the chancellor
- 1:03
- 4:22
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's former first minister
- 5:53
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, former chief of the defence staff
- 31:45
Andy Haldane, economist, informal adviser to Andy Burnham
- 38:27
Adrian Ramsay, former leader
- 57:36
- 0:10
- 0:50
Claim John Healey's budget criticised as 'small beer' on growth and defence
Kemi Badenoch said a tax increase was imminent.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 0:50-0:52
- 3:23
Claim John Healey's budget criticised as 'small beer' on growth and defence
Economist Andy Haldane assessed the Budget as neutral for both growth and fiscal credibility.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 3:23-3:31
- 5:32
- 5:53
Claim John Healey's budget criticised as 'small beer' on growth and defence
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said the UK still lacked sufficient defence funding.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 5:53-5:55
- 9:11
Claim John Healey confirms 3% defence target by 2030 but funding plan waits for spending review
The government set a defence spending target of 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035, with about £11bn extra a year.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 9:11-9:20
- 11:12
Claim John Healey confirms 3% defence target by 2030 but funding plan waits for spending review
John Healey said £5 billion from the National Wealth Fund would go to defence over four years.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 11:12-11:19
- 11:35
Claim John Healey confirms 3% defence target by 2030 but funding plan waits for spending review
John Healey said the defence spending review would be held next year.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 11:35-11:37
- 14:41
- 16:26
Claim Chancellor John Healey says welfare bill will fall but sets no savings timetable
The government planned to publish a white paper in the new year, with legislation to follow the next year.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 16:26-16:31
- 16:34
Claim Chancellor John Healey says welfare bill will fall but sets no savings timetable
The government said welfare spending must fall but did not set an arbitrary target or timetable.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 16:34-16:40
- 17:42
Claim Chancellor John Healey says welfare bill will fall but sets no savings timetable
The Chancellor said Labour would reduce the overall benefits bill.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 17:42-17:45
- 26:37 Story begins King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
- 27:17
Contested quote King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
look, we are open to a discussion about an apology. He feels that's the right thing, particularly ahead of the Commonwealth Leaders Conference, but he doesn't believe that reparations are the right approach. And considering a formal apology doesn't mean accepting that British people now should accept the financial liability for any party
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 27:17-27:20
- 27:22
Claim King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
Chancellor John Healey said apologising would not make British people financially responsible for historic wrongs.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 27:22-27:33
- 37:46
- 38:09
Claim Green Party at crossroads as Ramsay warns of radical activist infiltration
Conference policy lasts two years, so change may not come until 2028.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 38:09-38:12
- 49:01
Contested quote King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
I'm very much against us indulging this separate navel-gazing as well. We have apologised. Tony Blair apologised twice. The transatlantic slave trade happened centuries ago. It is time for the Commonwealth to start looking forwards, not endlessly backwards. And why now? Why not in the 60s, 70s, 80s? Why are we having this conversation today?
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 49:01-49:05
- 51:02
- 51:14
Claim US midterm elections loom over Trump agenda and Republican majorities
Republicans held majorities in both chambers, with 219 House seats, including an independent who usually voted with them, and 53 Senate seats.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 51:14-51:19
- 51:27
Claim US midterm elections loom over Trump agenda and Republican majorities
Billions of dollars were spent on the campaigns, with large rallies and heavy advertising.
BBC One, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, 1 November 2026, 51:27-51:34
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