Summary

  • Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden says tackling the growing number of 16 to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training (Neet) is a "national cause for the country"

  • It comes after figures released this week showed the number of Neets had risen to more than one million, a 12-year high

  • Earlier, ex-Scottish FM Nicola Sturgeon told the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme she wouldn't "apologise for somebody else's crimes" after her estranged husband admitted embezzling £400,000 from the SNP - read more here

  • Asked whether he thinks there should be an inquiry into the SNP over the matter, McFadden says "I think there should be"

  • Meanwhile, shadow home secretary Chris Philp says the Conservatives are looking into measures to control how convicted offenders on a suspended sentence spend their money if they receive benefits

Watch: Key moments from Nicola Sturgeon's interview with Laura Kuenssberg

Live Reporting

  1. Watch Sturgeon's full interview on today's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

    Nicola Sturgeon speaks to Laura Kuenssberg, who is out of shot. Sturgeon is wearing a white top and pink suit

    Welcome to your weekly instalment of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

    Ahead of the programme starting at 09:00, former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has had a sit-down interview with the host, saying she feels as though she's "serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit" after her estranged husband, Peter Murrell, admitted embezzling £400,000 from the SNP.

    The full interview will be broadcast this morning - and you'll be able to watch it live at the top of the page. Laura's also written a piece on the sit down, which you can read here.

    Later in the show, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden will take questions, as will shadow home secretary Chris Philp.

    And on this week's panel, we have: Tory MP Jeremy Hunt, Labour MP Rosena Allin-Khan and broadcaster Aasmah Mir

    We won't be bringing you regular text updates, but you can watch live at the top of the page from 09:00.