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How To Interview A Prime Minister
Laura’s preparing for an interview with Rishi Sunak on Sunday. She and Paddy are joined by political journalist and documentary maker Michael Cockerell, who’s interviewed nearly every prime minister from 1963 onwards.
And, the government is facing another by-election after Tory MP Chris Skidmore announced he’ll be resigning earlier than already planned.
Laura also talks about documents she’s seen showing Rishi Sunak’s doubts over the Rwanda scheme while he was chancellor.
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Today's Newscast was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.