Summary

  • Housing Secretary Steve Reed says that MPs voting on defending UK interests would be "unprecedented", rejecting calls from Lib Dems and Greens for Parliament to have a say on the UK's involvement in the Iran war

  • Former Foreign Secretary Sir James Cleverly tells Laura that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has damaged the UK's credibility in the international sphere

  • We won't be providing live text updates on this page

Live Reporting

  1. Housing secretary facing questions as Iran war enters fourth week

    Housing Secretary Steve Reed is in the hot seat for this morning's episode of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

    This week, Reed announced £20m in funding for 40 communities in England under the new Pride in Place programme, which he says will help areas "held back the most under the Conservatives".

    But it has been a busy time for the government. The war in Iran is now in its fourth week, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been dealing with US President Donald Trump, who has been critical of both Starmer and America's Nato allies.

    On Friday, the UK agreed to let the US use British military bases to strike Iranian sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz.

    Also on the programme this morning, we have Reed's opposite number in the Conservative Party James Cleverly. We will also be showing Laura's interviews with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and her conversation with the lawyer of a man who took his own life after falling in love with a chat bot.

    We won't be providing regular text updates on this page this morning, but the whole programme is being streamed live above.