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Hello and welcome to this edition of The Westminster Hour with me, Ben Wright, and my guests.

Coming up, after all the talk about war and peace in Ukraine, the focus is back on the home front

with a series of government announcements on planning, civil service and welfare reform.

We'll discuss the proposals and ask who will be the winners and losers as ministers tried to control spending

and find more money for defence. We'll talk about the ructions in Reform UK and hear how some

former Conservative MPs are struggling to find work in a rather crowded market after their

party's route at the general election. But first, let's meet the panel.

Ellie Reeves represents the constituency of Lewisham West and East Dulwich, and she attends

Cabinet as chair of the Labour Party, alongside her slightly older sister, Rachel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Do you still find time to play chess together, Ellie? We're always hearing that Rachel was a chess

prodigy, but you're a pretty mean player yourself, aren't you? I don't think I've played chess

against Rachel for a number of years. She kept it up a lot more than I did. But certainly when we were younger, we used to pay against each other.

She always won.

But you still find time to catch up as sisters.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, we spend a lot of time together.

Well, not as much as we used to.

But we do always try and find time,

whether it's quick lunch in the tea room after Prime Minister's questions

or spending a bit of time at the weekend with our children together.

Neil Shastry Hurst is the Conservative MP for Solly Hell West and Shirley.

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