McFadden to be questioned over new plans for young people on benefitspublished at 08:22 GMT
08:22 GMT
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It’s that time of the week again for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
In the hot seat today will be Pat McFadden, the secretary of state for work and pensions, joined by his shadow counterpart Helen Whately.
This follows a fresh announcement from the government that it will fund 350,000 training and work experience placements, and guarantee 55,000 jobs in areas with the highest need – including construction and hospitality – for out-of-work young people on benefits.
Whately describes this scheme as “nothing more than taking with one hand to give with the other”.
We’ll likely hear more about this on today’s show.
Also on this morning’s show will be Zarah Sultana, after she boycotted the first day of the inaugural conference of Your Party she co-founded with Jeremy Corbyn.
We won’t be posting regular text updates during the show, but you can watch the programme live from 09:00 GMT at the top of this page.