Laura Kuenssberg: 'I just couldn't believe it... It was an incredibly dark day'

The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg joined Clare McDonnell on Woman’s Hour today and spoke about what she’s called the worst day of her career – when she found out that MP Jo Cox had been murdered in 2016.

Laura reported on the story for BBC News – but received the news of Cox's death while trying to travel back to London from Sheffield. She described the deep shock it caused for her personally, and across Westminster.

It’s a memory she’s written about in her new book, Pay Attention, which delves into her own experience over two decades of reporting on our politicians up close – with insights into women in political life and her own safety as a political journalist.

Laura has spent the last two decades covering British politics. She was the BBC’s first female political editor between 2015 and 2022 and now presents the BBC’s flagship political interview programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

Listen back to the full interview on BBC Sounds - it's the Woman's Hour episode from 2 November.