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Putin ‘doesn’t recognise any red lines’, says Navalny aide

Volkov continues by saying the attack on him was done to send a “message”.

He says his attackers were saying “we know where you live, we can kill you, we are after you”.

But Volkov says it was also confirmation that the efforts of the Navalny foundation have been noticed and were proving a “major threat”.

Volkov adds that he does not fear for his life or his family’s life, as the risks of opposing Putin were always clear.

“We always knew we are fighting against a crazy fascist dictator who doesn’t recognise any red lines” or borders, he says.

But he says he is a bit surprised the attack on him in Lithuania has become such a focus as Putin “left all red lines behind many years ago… he doesn’t recognise any rules or borders”.

Laura’s next interview is with Alexei Navalny’s ally Leonid Volkov

We are now hearing from Leonid Volkov, who is the former chief of staff for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navlany.

Laura starts by asking Volkov about his recollections of being assaulted outside his Lithuanian home in March – an incident which he said broke his arm and was a “gangster greeting from Putin”.

Volkov says he is “basically fine”, before adding he has fully recovered physically and “never had any problem mentally”.

He adds that he has not had any flashbacks, probably because “he was too traumatised” by Navalny’s death, which has “overshadowed everything else”.

Laura presses Piers Morgan about phone hacking allegations

Journalist Piers Morgan, who is on the panel today, is asked whether he knew that voice mails were being hacked when he was the editor the Daily Mirror newspaper.

Morgan replies: “no, and I’ve said this consistently for 20 years”.

He adds he’s not going to say anything more about it except to point out that only one story was found that may or may not have been linked to phone hacking.

“I’m sorry, that’s not enough,” Morgan says.

“There is no evidence that I ever knew about phone hacking,” he adds.

Frankly, what Jeremy Corbyn does is no concern to me – Streeting

Laura asks a final question to Streeting about former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who received £5,000 donation from a group called We Deserve Better.

The group supports individual socialist candidates standing as MPs against Labour in some seats. The donation was revealed in the MPs’ register of interests.

Corbyn is not a Labour MP at the moment but he is still a member of the Labour party. Is receiving that donation acceptable, Laura asks?

Streeting replies “no I don’t think it is, although frankly what Jeremy Corbyn does is no concern to me any longer.”

The shadow health secretary goes on to say Corbyn “won’t be in parliament after the next general election and we have turned the page on that total failure in our history”.

Streeting asked about tomorrow’s infected blood scandal report

The shadow health secretary is then asked about the infected blood scandal report that’s due out tomorrow and whether Labour is “committed to the most generous compensation package”.

He suggests that Labour, if the party wins the next general election, would match the compensation that is recommended in the report.

Every part of the NHS is in crisis – Streeting

Wes Streeting is now asked why Labour thinks it can do a better job than the current government in Wales, where health services are also seriously stretched.

“Right across the UK, every part of the NHS is in crisis,” says Streeting.

He asks voters to look back on Labour’s track record when it comes to waiting lists.

“I’m convinced a Labour government in Westminster won’t just deliver for the NHS in England; we’ll create a rising tide that lifts all ships across the UK”, the shadow health secretary adds.

Streeting asked how Labour would use private sector to help NHS

Laura says the previous Labour government used the private sector a lot – how much would a future Labour government use them to help the NHS?

Streeting replies by saying the private sector tell us they can do more and we are going to have to work in partnership.

We are talking to the private sector already and we are thinking creatively, he says.

For example, today Streeting says he is announcing a partnership with Nuffield Health with a pain programme to help people stuck on waiting lists – that was agreed while his party is in opposition.

Deficit issues big challenge for the NHS – Streeting

Laura’s next question to Streeting is about Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s £110m deficit and how some struggling trust’s are cutting clinical roles.

She asks Streeting if he would tell staff to cut clinical roles if he becomes health secretary.

He replies by saying: “Of course we don’t want to see people get rid of doctors and nurses.”

Streeting adds that it proves how big the “challenge” is for the NHS.

Next up… shadow health secretary Wes Streeting

It is now the Labour shadow health secretary’s turn to be questioned.

Laura asks Wes Streeting about Labour’s pledge to help cut down on NHS waiting lists by pooling hospital resources.

“The reason we know this will work is that it’s currently being done in a small number of hospitals,” says Streeting.

“We want to see this available to patients rights across the country,” he adds.

Streeting says the £1.1bn required to make the scheme work will be linked to reforming hospital systems.

Can Shapps commit to £10bn infected blood scandal compensation?

The next question to the defence secretary is about the infected blood scandal, which is the subject of a key report being published tomorrow.

Can he commit to £10bn in compensation being paid in full, Laura asks.

Schapps replies that it is heart-breaking but he is not in a position to talk about the compensation.

Post update

Laura asks Shapps about whether the temporary pier in the coast of Gaza being used to deliver aid is enough to support the people of Gaza.

He says: ” Of course it’s not enough”.

Shapps adds that it’s “just another way of getting aid in”.

“We are helping to organise the dispatch of that from Cyprus… so we’re assisting with getting that aid onto the land in Gaza,” he adds.

Shapps asked about Starmer’s defence stance

The defence secretary is now asked about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s recent comments that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer would be a danger to the country, if Labour were to win a general election, by not committing to the same levels of defence spending as the Conservatives.

Shapps says “people will quite rightly question why that is the case”.

Laura asks whether Sunak is himself a danger, given that the new target of spending 2.5% of the budget on defence is relatively new.

Shapps replies that the Conservatives have been building up to the target.

Is it up to Ukraine to decide how UK-supplied weapons are used?

Laura asks Shapps if it would be acceptable for Ukraine to use British-supplied weapons to undertake attacks inside Russia?

Shapps replies that Ukraine should use them to defend their country “in the whole of Ukraine including Crimea”.

Laura presses him again – is it up to Ukraine to choose how they are used, or it is up to the country which gives the weapons to decide?

Shapps says he cannot go into detail and does not directly answer the question about whether Ukraine should be using British-supplied weapons inside Russia.

We don’t want to be in direct conflict with Russia – Shapps

For Laura’s next question, she reads out a message from a viewer questioning why the UK and the US shoot down missiles heading to Israel but not Russian ones targeting Ukraine.

He says there is a difference between the two conflicts.

Shapps adds: “We don’t want to be in a direct conflict with Russia… we don’t intend to go and fight that war.”

Grant Shapps is first up in the red chair

Laura’s first question to the defence secretary is about Ukraine and how he would describe Russia’s recent offensive.

He responds by saying while Russia’s gains add up to “only a few villages” so far, it is important that the support Ukraine’s allies give is consistent.

Schapps says the “civilised world took its eye off the ball” for a while – pointing to the US and other countries where “internal politics meant money did not flow in the way it as in the UK”.

“Let’s not get into this mess again,” Shapps says.

We’ve just been hearing the panel’s opening remarks

Laura starts off by asking all three panellists what would
their one thing be if they could add one pledge to the political parties’ list?

Journalist Piers Morgan says he thinks there should be much bigger defence spending – to
at least 3 – 3.5% of GDP.

Climate campaigner Mikaela Loach says the two child benefit limit should be
scrapped.

Businessman and Tory donor David Ross says making the UK more competitive internationally is the priority.

Newspaper headlines: ‘Tainted blood’

The programme starts off with the latest newspaper headlines.

A range of stories are leading Sunday’s newspapers.

The Sunday Times leads with a preview of the final report into the infected blood scandal ahead of its publication tomorrow. In an interview with the broadsheet, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces a £10bn compensation scheme for victims.

The Sunday Telegraph says that Labour will tell NHS staff to work weekends if it wins the next general election. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, who announced the plan, is interviewed by the paper after Labour unveiled its general election pledges earlier in the week.

While, The Archbishop of Canterbury has told The Observer that if Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer becomes prime minister in the next general election, he should end the two-child benefit cap policy. Justin Welby describes it as a cruel and immoral policy.

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Labour unveils more details about NHS waiting list plans

Labour is giving a bit more detail about how the pledge they recently made to add 40,000 NHS appointments a week will be delivered.

The party says it will set up
groups containing about five hospitals where waiting lists and staff will be
pooled and resources will be shared, allowing them to operate in evenings and on weekends.

“Labour will invest £1.1 billion in the policy, to
pay staff extra for out of hours working,” reads a Labour statement.

“The party expects to roll out the
plans and reach 40,000 extra operations, scans, and appointments a week well
within the first year of a Labour government.”

Read what Labour has said previously about shared waiting lists here.

The Conservatives have dismissed the plan, saying it is the “same old Labour”.

“Their pledges for the NHS are completely unfunded and alongside
all their other spending commitments, would cost every working household £2,094
in higher taxes, taking the country back to square one,” says Conservative Party Chairman Richard Holden

Who is Leonid Volkov?

The 43-year-old was a long-time ally of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and will be appearing on today’s programme.

In March this year – just weeks after Navalny suddenly died in a Russian prison colony – Volkov said his arm had been broken in an attack outside his home in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius.

Lithuanian intelligence said the attack was likely “Russian organised”. Two Polish citizens were accused of carrying out the assault, and later three people were arrested over the attack.

Poland’s prime minister said the person who allegedly ordered the attack was “a Belarusian working for the Russians”.

At the time of the attack, Volkov said the attack was “an obvious, typical, gangster greeting from Putin, from bandit St Petersburg” – but gave no more details.

He was briefly hospitalised after the attack, and has lived outside Russia for years.

Read the full story here