Latest Liberal democrats Podcast Episodes
The Green Book Series - Economic policy
Lib Dem Podcast - October 24, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Lib Dem Podcast is teaming up with special guests to discuss some of the biggest issues facing the country. First up is the economy. Our guest panel includes: Robin Stafford, Vicky Pryce, Richard Murphy and Max von Thun Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitt...
Upholding standards in public life: A keynote speech by Lord Evans
IfG Events - October 19, 2023 15:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsQuestions about standards in public life have dominated politics in recent years. As Chair of the independent Committee on Standards in Public Life since 2018, Lord Evans KCB DL has been at the heart of these debates, leading the committee’s work to define and uphold ethical standards across the ...
Fake meat taxes, glitter bombs and housing targets - The Conference Season review.
Lib Dem Podcast - October 14, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLisa, Hannah and John discuss the ups and downs of the conference season and what it means going forward. There are several Hannah rants, some adult language is used. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod Please like & subscribe to the channel o...
The Rt Hon The Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the Supreme Court, in conversation
IfG Events - October 13, 2023 09:16 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBaroness Hale, former President of the Supreme Court, joins Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Government, and Professor Michael Kenny, Director of Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge, for an in conversation. This event was part of the IfG and Bennett Instit...
Coming Soon - The Green Book Podcast Series
Lib Dem Podcast - October 11, 2023 08:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Lib Dem Podcast is teaming up with special guests to discuss some of the biggest issues facing the country. Duncan Brack and Robin Stafford introduce the series and tell you what you can look forward to. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod ...
A SNP Horror Show in Hamilton
Lib Dem Podcast - October 06, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsReaction to the massive SNP defeat last night in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. Huge thank you to John Ferry (@JohnFerry18 ) and Neil Alexander (@NeilAlexMoray) for coming on the show. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod Please ...
How close is it in Mid-Beds?
Lib Dem Podcast - October 06, 2023 14:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsReporting from By-election HQ. Can Lib Dems pull off another historic win? Chessie Flack from HQ joins John Potter to discuss how this weekend maybe be vital to success. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod Please like & subscribe to the channel...
Ed Davey Keynote Conference Speech
Lib Dem Podcast - October 02, 2023 15:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsKeep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod Please like & subscribe to the channel on YouTube as well as through your podcast provider so you never miss an episode. If you want to support the show why not join our Patreon exclusive service at: www.pat...
Josh Babarinde's Speech to Conference
Lib Dem Podcast - September 26, 2023 10:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe podcast's own Josh Babarinde gave a fantastic speech on conference. Here is the full thing. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod Please like & subscribe to the channel on YouTube as well as through your podcast provider so you never miss an...
Education and Children - Munira Wilsons speech to Conference
Lib Dem Podcast - September 25, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBringing you the best speeches from the Liberal Democrat conference. Here is Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson's speech in Bournemouth. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod Please like & subscribe to the channel on YouTube as well as through...
Keynote speech: Rt Hon Liz Truss MP
IfG Events - September 20, 2023 11:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Institute for Government welcomed Rt Hon Liz Truss MP to give a keynote speech on the economy. A year since her government’s Growth Plan – the September 2022 ‘mini-budget’ – including a programme of tax cuts and supply side reforms, the former prime minister set out her vision for how the g...
Are You General Election Ready?
Lib Dem Podcast - September 15, 2023 15:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWith the conference season coming next week, it marks the start of the General election campaign. Are you ready? Is your local party ready? Sam and John take you through what you can do now to get prepared. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod ...
From Zero Votes to Winning with new Cllr Ryan Priest
Lib Dem Podcast - August 14, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIf first you don't succeed, try, try and try again. In this episode we talk to Ryan Priest, the new Lib Dem councillor on Dudley Council. Facing Labour, in a 3 way marginal, in a battleground Tory vs Labour council. How did Ryan win? How did he pick himself up after several painful defeats? I...
Is the Darlington Economic Campus a blueprint for successful civil service relocation?
IfG Events - August 09, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Darlington Economic Campus is rapidly establishing itself as the civil service’s flagship office outside of London – and has been described by chancellor Jeremy Hunt as moving “decision makers and advisers closer to the communities we serve.” So how has the Darlington Economic Campus changed ...
How should central government be organised to deliver levelling up?
IfG Events - August 07, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThere has been no shortage of central government attempts to support regional development over past decades, but these have been insufficient to close the widening gaps in geographical disparities, with efforts lacking scale, coordination, data and effective oversight, and policies ultimately pro...
Big Winners and Sore Ulez
Lib Dem Podcast - July 23, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTom Morrison, Hannah Kitching, Mark Pack and John Potter discuss the 3 by-election results and what it means for all the main parties. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod Please like & subscribe to the channel on YouTube as well as through you...
Keynote speech: Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Deputy Leader
IfG Events - July 15, 2023 10:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHow to restore trust in politics by strengthening standards in public life has been in the spotlight in recent years. The Labour Party has proposed a new, independent Ethics and Integrity Commission to “stamp out corruption in government, strengthen the rules and ensure they are enforced.” But ...
Keynote speech: Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP, Attorney General
IfG Events - July 11, 2023 11:47 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe rule of law is a fundamental principle of a constitutional democracy – but in recent years it has been the subject of much debate. What role should the rule of law play? What is the government’s commitment to the rule of law? And what part should public law play in solving political disputes?...
Not another one!
Lib Dem Podcast - July 09, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHaving spent 10 days on the ground in Somerton and Frome, Hannah Kitching joins John Potter to discuss the by-elections and what might happen in two weeks time. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod Please like & subscribe to the channel on YouT...
IfG Net Zero Conference: Keynote speech by Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
IfG Events - July 06, 2023 15:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTackling climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing governments across the world. With both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer pledging to hit ambitious emissions targets and make the UK a clean energy ‘superpower’, the net zero agenda will be a major issue at the next general election. So ...
IfG Net Zero Conference: Welcome and opening keynote speech by Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP
IfG Events - July 06, 2023 08:41 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTackling climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing governments across the world. With both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer pledging to hit ambitious emissions targets and make the UK a clean energy ‘superpower’, the net zero agenda will be a major issue at the next general election. So ...
In conversation with the Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP
IfG Events - July 05, 2023 12:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOver many years Sajid Javid held some of the most senior roles in British government, serving as a secretary of state in six different departments under three different prime ministers – including as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary. Javid, who will stand down from parliament at the...
In conversation with Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
IfG Events - June 21, 2023 11:45 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsNorthern Ireland has had no ministers since October. The DUP is refusing to re-enter into power-sharing arrangements in protest over the Northern Ireland protocol; despite the new Windsor Framework agreement, the party has still not returned to Stormont. The Secretary of State has had to set a bu...
How is WhatsApp changing government?
IfG Events - June 16, 2023 12:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWith the government taking the Covid inquiry to court to protect WhatsApp messages, the use of WhatsApp is in the spotlight. It has become fundamental to the way Westminster and Whitehall works – but is this way of communicating good for government? It has been reported that key decisions during...
What makes a successful special adviser?
IfG Events - June 15, 2023 12:02 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsSpecial advisers ("SpAds") play a hugely important role in government, and successful ones are key to helping a minister achieve his or her priorities. The number of SpAds has more than doubled since 2010, but the job is not well understood by the public – or, in some cases, by special advisers t...
The Rishi Wreckers
Lib Dem Podcast - June 11, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe sharpest knives are those held by people behind you. Three (so far) Conservatives MP quit, including disgraced Boris Johnson. What does this mean for the Sunak Government and the opposition parties? Battle lines have clearly been drawn in Mid Bedfordshire and Uxbridge BUT who is the main ...
How can different levels of government work together to deliver levelling up?
IfG Events - June 09, 2023 13:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe government’s Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper contained ambitious proposals to deliver a devolution deal to every area of England that wants one by 2030, but the proliferation of regional authorities and directly elected mayors across England alongside different arrangements in the...
How can government deliver its priorities while preparing for future shocks?
IfG Events - June 08, 2023 09:35 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn recent years, government has had to contend with multiple crises, from the Covid pandemic to major increases in energy costs. Ministers and civil servants have often had to work in crisis mode – making major policy decisions at speed, rapidly deploying staff, and developing new systems. But th...
Fighting populism and the NatCs
Lib Dem Podcast - May 30, 2023 11:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsAre the Tories becoming a populist party? What does that mean if they are and how do the Lib Dems fight it? John, Hannah and Sam discuss the potential future of the Conservatives and whether the Lib Dems have learnt lessons from losing the Brexit vote. Keep up to date with the LibDem Podcast...
Has civil service impartiality had its day?
IfG Events - May 25, 2023 11:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsHas civil service impartiality had its day? Recent events in government, including the circumstances following Dominic Raab’s resignation as justice secretary, have at least on the surface deepened a divide between ministers and officials – and civil service morale has dropped as the strained rel...
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