Summary

  • This live page has now closed - read more from Laura Kuenssberg on her Nigel Farage interview here

  • Reform UK leader Nigel Farage denies wrongdoing over foreign donor talks as he faces questions from Laura Kuenssberg

  • Farage says he "frankly wasn't listening" during a conversation with an undercover reporter - he earlier said his party had "done nothing wrong"

  • Reform's autumn conference was overshadowed by the departures of two senior officials, after undercover filming broadcast by Channel 4 News appeared to show them discussing how to get around electoral law

  • Former chief of staff Dan Jukes has denied wrongdoing and ex-head of policy James Orr says he will co-operate fully with an internal investigation

  • Also appearing on the show are Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and newly-appointed shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith

  1. Farage says he 'wasn't listening' during foreign donor talks filmed undercover - a recappublished at 10:22 BST

    Laura Kuenssberg interviews Nigel Farage

    This week's show has just finished - here's a recap of what we heard:

    Nigel Farage

    In a pre-recorded interview, the Reform UK leader told Laura Kuenssberg he "frankly wasn't listening" during a conversation with his former chief of staff and an undercover reporter discussing what appears to have been a scheme to funnel foreign money to Reform UK - more on that in our previous post.

    He is also asked about a proposed Reform policy that, if the party was in government, would see the threshold before people pay income tax increased to £15,000.

    Asked how the party would pay for it, Farage says: "We are taking benefits away from foreign nationals and social housing away from foreign nationals and from some Brits we don’t think should qualify and we can’t afford.”

    Jonathan Reynolds

    On the Reform foreign donor story, the business secretarysays: “We have rules in this country, about how our democracy works, and everyone has to stick to them.”

    Reynolds also condemned a protest by masked 'stop the boats' demonstrators in Dover on Saturday, which blocked traffic from entering and leaving the port for hours.

    Andrew Griffith

    The newly-appointed shadow chancellor talks about the state of the public finances, saying the government is "signing up to more and more debt to our children".

    He says any future government would have to "take difficult decisions" to get the country growing.

    We're ending our live coverage. You can watch back the episode in full in the watch & listen tab at the top of the page - and read Laura Kuenssberg's write-up of her Farage interview here.

  2. Farage, Reynolds and Griffith to be questioned by Kuenssberg - watch livepublished at 09:00 BST

    This week's show is about to begin.

    Being questioned by Laura Kuenssberg are Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and newly-appointed shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith.

    As a reminder, we won't be providing text updates - but you can watch live at the top of the page.

  3. This week in politics...published at 08:57 BST

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during his first Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of CommonsImage source, House of Commons

    Parliament returned from recess on 1 September - and this week has been a bumper back-to-school special.

    On Tuesday, Andy Burnham addressed the Commons for the first time as prime minister.

    On Wednesday, he made his debut at Prime Minister's Questions.

    Thursday saw Channel 4 News air secretly-recorded comments made by senior Reform UK aides about donations, which party leader Nigel Farage has since described as "injudicious" and "loose pub talk" - more on that in our previous post.

    And Friday saw Farage deliver his annual conference speech.

    Meanwhile, Kemi Badenoch has announced a number of changes to her shadow cabinet, appointing Alex Burghart as deputy leader while replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor.

  4. As Parliament returns, so does Sunday with Laura Kuenssbergpublished at 08:45 BST

    Welcome back from Parliament's summer recess with the return of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

    In the hot seat is Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who's appearing after his party wrapped up its annual conference in Birmingham yesterday.

    The event was overshadowed by the departures of two senior Reform staffers, after undercover filming by Verbatim Investigations broadcast by Channel 4 News showed them talking about how to get money to the party from an American donor and asking a fake company to pay for polling.

    Former chief of staff Dan Jukes has denied wrongdoing and ex-head of policy James Orr says he will co-operate fully with an internal investigation. Reform UK claims to have "been the target of a hoax perpetuated by foreign funded climate change activists".

    Farage denies Reform has broken any laws - and in an interview with Kuenssberg, he says: "I am not a compliance officer. I was in the middle of canvassing in the Clacton by-election. I turn up. I frankly wasn't even listening."

    You can read more about the investigation - and the questions it's raising for the party - over here, and we'll have more from his interview later on in the show.

    Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage speaks during the closing remarks of the Reform UK's annual party conference in BirminghamImage source, Reuters

    Elsewhere on the programme, we'll hear from Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and newly-appointed shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith.

    Appearing on this week's panel are political scientist Francis Fukuyama, broadcaster Jeremy Vine and journalist Anna Isaac.

    We won't bring you regular text updates today but you can watch live at the top of the page from 09:00 BST.