Badenoch and Polanski set for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

laura kuenssberg will question Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch and Green Party leader Zack Polanski on Sunday as the programme airs before elections on 7 May. The live show is scheduled for 09:00 BST, and Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is also due to appear.

Nigel Farage and the panel

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will not appear after being invited to do so. He was slated for the morning’s show before his team told Kuenssberg that he had changed his mind.

Representatives from the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the SNP will be on the panel alongside the party leaders and Alexander. That puts several parties on the same platform days before voters go to the polls in Scotland, Wales and England.

7 May elections

Millions are set to vote on 7 May in parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales and in local elections in England. The programme comes in the final stretch before those contests, when party leaders use national interviews to make their case to voters and answer questions directly.

The said it will not be providing regular text updates on the page. For viewers, the practical detail is simple: the live programme begins at 09:00 BST, and the line-up has already shifted once with Farage out and Badenoch and Polanski still due in.

Laura Kuenssberg Live

The broadcast gives voters one place to hear from parties contesting different parts of the 7 May ballot. Badenoch, Polanski and Alexander will be on the same programme as representatives from the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the SNP, making Sunday’s edition one of the last high-profile set pieces before polling day.