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SNP leader John Swinney is speaking to Trevor Phillips this morning, after his party failed to win the Holyrood byelection in Hamilton last week.

His words before the election - that it was a two horse race between the SNP and Reform - are put to the SNP leader.

Labour won the vote.

Swinney says he spotted early on that Labour's vote was "collapsing" and it did "just that".

His evidence is that Labour's vote share in the area went from 50% a year ago in the area to just over 30% last week.

Swinney says Reform "came from, frankly, nowhere" to claim a quarter of the vote.

This left his own SNP with an "improved" picture - but they "didn't improve enough to win".

Asked why the SNP is not picking up the votes Labour are losing - which are instead going to Reform, Swinney says his party needs a "compelling proposition".

He does concede his party has had a "pretty tough time" over the past few years.

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp is asked by Trevor Phillips for the Conservative Party's stance on the proposed Chinese embassy in London.

Concerns in the White House about the project have been reported in The Sunday Times today.

Philp says he agrees with the United States - and his party thinks the embassy is a "security risk".

"In government, the Conservatives were very clear.

"We should not be allowing the Chinese to build the super embassy, it is likely to become, a base for their pan-European espionage activities."

Philp highlights the proposed site for its proximity to a number of critical data centres and cables connecting the City of London to Canary Wharf - and concerns this could be intercepted.

Last week, Sky News deputy political editor Sam Coates found out that AI will lie in its results - and deny it has fabricated evidence.

It is a phenomenon known as hallucinating.

Asked about this, Science Secretary Peter Kyle says: "It's a really worrying thing, it is.

"And that's why people need to understand that AI is not flawless and that AI does lie because it's based on human characteristics.

"Now it is getting more precise as we move forward, It's getting more powerful as we move forward.

"But as with every single technology that comes into society, you can only safely use it and wisely use it by understanding how it works. 

"And that's why people shouldn't think that AI is just like a search engine. Actually it works very, very differently."

Science Secretary Peter Kyle is asked by Trevor Phillips about where the reported 拢86bn for R&D he is getting is coming from.

The secretary of state says it is part of budget worked out by the government at the end of last year, and will be 拢86bn over the course of the next three years or so.

Asked how the UK is finding more money, Kyle says: "Rachel raised money in taxes in the autumn, we are now allocating it per department.

"But the key thing is we are going to be investing record amounts of money, record amounts of money into the innovations of the future. 

"Just bear in mind that how Apple turned itself around when Steve Jobs came back to Apple, they were 90 days from insolvency.

"That's the kind of situation that we had when we came into office."

Whether ministers will start wearing black turtle necks and giving snazzy press conferences remains to be seen - as does any turn around in growth.

 There has been a lot of speculation that we could get more detail on the government's U-turn on the winter fuel payment cut.

With the spending review on Wednesday, it seemed a pretty safe bet to assume something would be forthcoming then.

But Science Secretary Peter Kyle is careful about his words when Trevor Phillips asks.

"These issues are going to be dealt with in the run-up to the autumn where these decisions are going to be taken and announced," he says.

This appears to be saying we won't find out more till the budget later this year - it's normally held late October or early November

Kyle goes on: "But this is a spending review that's going to set the overall spending constraints for government for the next period... for the next three years. 

"So you're sort of talking about two separate issues at the moment."

Asked for clarity, the secretary of state says: "I think what you're going to see is the overall spending constraints and allowances for each government department, and then each department's then going to start talking about how it's going to allocate those."

This seems like a slight offshoring of the debate on winter fuel to other departments.

To be fair to him, it's not his remit, but it means questions will rain down on Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall in the coming days.

In his first question to Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, Trevor Phillips asks him about the story on the front of The Sunday Times.

This is a piece about the Americans apparently having concerns about the proposed massive Chinese embassy in East London.

Issues include its proximity to the City of London and Canary Wharf financial hubs, and the potential for things like phone and internet lines to be compromised.

In response, Kyle says such issues will be dealt with "assiduously" - carefully - as part of the planning process.

He claims the government deals with embassies and such issues "all the time".

Pushed on whether the fact it's the Americans and the White House raising the issues, Kyle says the UK and US share intelligence and the British government will always provide a "fulsome" response to the other side of the Atlantic.

"It's going through planning - these are issues that will be dealt with in that process," he says.

Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips is starting for another week.

Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle is speaking to us on behalf of the government, with the spending review set to take place on Wednesday.

Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp will be on to argue the Tory perspective.

And then SNP leader John Swinney will be speaking to Trevor after his party failed to win the Hamilton by-election last week.

Watch live at the top of the page or follow here.

By Tim Baker, political reporter

On Wednesday 11 June, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver the government's spending review.

Rather than details about taxes and how the government brings in money, it will instead be an outline for how the government wants to spend taxpayer cash.

Ms Reeves will be explaining how roughly 拢600bn will be spent over the course of a few years.

In the article below, Sky News answers some of the key questions about the review.

This includes whether taxes will go up, if we will see changes to the winter fuel payment cap - and what a spending review actually is.

By Rob Powell, political correspondent

In the centre of Hamilton, stands the now derelict Bairds department store - a reminder of the past and a sign of the political present.

Outside, people speak of a time when the high street was busy and the area buzzing.

As in other areas of the country, the blame for this sense of decline is placed at the door of the established parties.

"The SNP have done nothing for Hamilton鈥� we need someone to do something and I'm not sure Labour will do it", said one woman stopping for a chat outside Belles Tearoom.

Apathy once again prevails.

But just over seven thousand people came up with a solution unusual for Scottish politics on Thursday.

Nigel Farage.

Research into faster drug treatments and longer-lasting batteries will form part of the 拢86bn science and technology funding due to be unveiled in the government's spending review next week.

On Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil how much taxpayer money each government department will get.

Each region in England will be handed up to 拢500m to spend on science and technology projects of their choice, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) says.

In Liverpool, the funding is being earmarked to speed up the development of new drug treatments, while in South Wales, it will fund longer-lasting microchips for smartphones and electric cars.

Overall by 2030, Ms Reeves's spending package will be worth more than 拢22.5bn a year, the government says.

"Britain is the home of science and technology," she said on Sunday. "Through the 'plan for change', we are investing in Britain's renewal to create jobs, protect our security against foreign threats and make working families better off."

Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle will be speaking to Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips at 8.30am.