Laura Kuenssberg live: Rachel Reeves quizzed after Budget

David Graham

1 year ago

Laura Kuenssberg live: Rachel Reeves quizzed after Budget – BBC News

Summary

Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves and Health Secretary Victoria Atkins are the main political guests on this week’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
They are speaking after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his Budget earlier this week, including a cut to National Insurance and an expansion of child benefit
Reeves says Labour will not be able to turn things around straight away if it wins the election – an “initial injection of cash” would be followed by a rapid spending review, she says
Health Secretary Atkins says she understands people’s worries about NHS waiting lists, and says that the longest waits are concentrated in 15 trusts
Laura Kuenssberg also speaks to Justin Currie from Glaswegian rock band Del Amitri, who talks about his recent Parkinson’s diagnosis
On the panel this morning are celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, CEO of John Lewis Sharon White and former Tory leader Lord Howard
As always, you can watch Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg live at 09:00 GMT by pressing Play at the top of this page