Latest Uk government Podcast Episodes
Election 2024: Poll positions
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - June 21, 2024 10:29 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThere are less than two weeks to go until the general election and the polls are showing no signs of shifting. But what do they really tell us about what voters are thinking about Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer? Which Labour or Conservative policies and promises are cutting through? What are the po...
Election 2024: This Charming Manifesto?
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - June 14, 2024 17:05 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsManifesto week of the general election campaign has seen lots of promises, plenty of policies and even more polling – but whose plans for government actually add up? Kitty Donaldson, chief political commentator of the i paper, is this week’s podcast guest as Inside Briefing weighs up what we lear...
Question Time Special: What does the election mean for civil servants?
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - June 07, 2024 11:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe were swamped with loads of fantastic questions at our recent IfG webinar and didn’t have time to get to all of them – so, by special request, Jill Rutter, Cath Haddon and Alex Thomas have reunited in the IfG podcast studio to record this special Question Time episode of Inside Briefing. So as ...
Sunak vs. Starmer: Tax Attacks
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - June 07, 2024 08:59 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe IfG rebuttal unit kicked into gear this week after our very own Nick Davies found himself dragged into the Conservative party’s tax attack on Labour. So where did that number really come from – and what can Labour do about it? Full Fact’s Chris Morris joins the IfG podcast to look back on a v...
Rishi Sunak’s Titanic challenge
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - May 31, 2024 19:17 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWas Rishi Sunak’s rain-soaked speech on the steps of No10 really only a week ago? We’ve had policy announcements, MPs stepping down, a spectacular fall from a paddle board, more MPs stepping down, Keir Starmer colliding with the Labour left, Rishi Sunak clashing with some of his ministers, Nigel ...
Extra: General Election question time special
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - May 24, 2024 13:14 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsRishi Sunak has braved the weather and called a general election. So, what happens now? The IfG has been bombarded with questions about what this all means for government, for parliament, for the civil service, for legislation, for candidates, for conferences, and more. And these really are the t...
Rishi Sunak’s General Election gamble
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - May 24, 2024 13:09 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe wait is over! The election has been called! The countdown to July the 4th starts now. After months of speculation, and a frenzied day of drama in Westminster, the IfG podcast team are joined by Sam Freedman to make sense of Rishi Sunak’s decision and explore what happens next. Things could h...
Starmer steps on Sunak’s toes
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - May 17, 2024 10:12 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsRishi Sunak and Keir Starmer delivered their election pitches to the public this week – the PM with a focus on security and the Labour leader with six broader commitments from tackling NHS waiting lists to small boats. In parliament, the week started with a sobering report on the trauma that too ...
Dover and done with
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - May 10, 2024 07:15 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe defection of Dover MP Natalie Elphicke shocked both the Conservatives and, it seems, most of the Labour Party. The FT’s Lucy Fisher joined the podcast team to weigh up another a big twist in the Westminster soap opera. Meanwhile a massive government data breach has sent Whitehall into a panic...
Local Elections 2024: Swings and roundabouts
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - May 03, 2024 17:14 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Conservatives take a pounding in the local elections and Labour are taking councils in former Brexit heartlands. But there’s a crumb of Tory comfort in Ben Houchen’s victory in the Tees Valley mayoral election – and Labour fail to take key target Harlow. As results continue to roll in, what d...
The rules of Rishi’s flight club
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - April 26, 2024 08:53 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsRishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Act is finally on the statute book, and the prime minister has promised that – “no ifs, no buts” – flights will be taking off by the summer. So how much of a triumph is his for Sunak – and what legal challenges could still derail his asylum plan? Political journalist...
Trust in government up in smoke?
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - April 19, 2024 03:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsLiz Truss is back, with her new book providing journalists with all sorts of extraordinary insights into her retrospective arguments about why her premiership collapsed. But what legacy has Truss left the Conservatives in the polls and what does this tell us about how voters view the party? Polli...
Foreign Office Politics
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - April 12, 2024 10:54 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIs the Foreign Office still a department built to deliver the UK’s global priorities in the 21st century or is it out of date in the way it looks and works? Is David Cameron’s comeback as foreign secretary turning out to be a surprise success and what has it meant for the UK’s diplomatic clout? A...
Rishi Sunak and the Attack of the Cybermen
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - March 29, 2024 11:21 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIs China really launching cyberattacks on British politicians and institutions? If so, then how serious is the threat – and what can the government do about it? Ciaran Martin, the first chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, joins the podcast team to discuss. Two more ministers ha...
The Prime Minister’s plot twists
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - March 22, 2024 09:58 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe Spectator’s Isabel Hardman joins the IfG podcast team to discuss Conservative party plots – and weigh up just how much trouble Rishi Sunak is in. Rachel Reeves has been making headlines with a major speech on the economy. So what did the shadow chancellor say, and does Labour have a plausible...
Preparing for Power: Ep 6 – Into Government
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - March 15, 2024 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA general election is getting closer – and whoever forms the next government needs to be prepared. The campaign will dominate time and resources, but the job of being in government begins almost as soon as the votes have been counted. Preparing for Power, a special six-part series from the Instit...
What’s wrong with the centre of government – and how can we fix it?
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - March 14, 2024 19:35 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA weak No.10 Downing Street compulsively micro-manages. The Cabinet Office is bloated and unwieldy. The Treasury dominates decision-making. And prime ministers often find that the levers of power aren’t working. So what is going wrong with the centre of government? What can be done to fix it? And...
The general election budget?
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - March 07, 2024 08:38 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsJeremy Hunt’s budget was a massive day in Westminster – and a big moment for the country. But what difference did it really make to the government’s fortunes – and to people’s pockets? Straight after crunching the numbers, studying the forecasts and making sense – or trying to – of the chancellor...
Preparing for Power: Ep 5 – Making Manifestos
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - March 05, 2024 17:56 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA general election is getting closer – and whoever forms the next government needs to be prepared. The campaign will dominate time and resources, but the job of being in government begins almost as soon as the votes have been counted. Preparing for Power, a special six-part series from the Instit...
What do we really know about Keir Starmer?
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - March 01, 2024 09:55 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTom Baldwin joins the Inside Briefing team on the day his long-awaited biography of Keir Starmer is published. So what does the book reveal about the man who wants to be the next prime minister? How did Starmer’s upbringing – and his complicated relationship with his father – shape the politician...
Preparing for Power: Ep 4 – The governing party
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - February 27, 2024 17:35 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA general election is getting closer – and whoever forms the next government needs to be prepared. The campaign will dominate time and resources, but the job of being in government begins almost as soon as the votes have been counted. Preparing for Power, a special six-part series from the Instit...
The Hoyle Crisis
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - February 23, 2024 11:03 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWednesday night’s debate on Gaza saw chaotic – and unedifying – scenes in Commons which brought parliament into disrepute. ConservativeHome’s Henry Hill joins the podcast team to make sense of what happened and to weigh up how much trouble Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is in. From trouble in parliament t...
Preparing for Power: Ep 3 – The Opposition
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - February 20, 2024 09:31 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA general election is getting closer – and whoever forms the next government will need to prepare for the possibility of power. Thecampaign will dominate time and resources, but the job of being in government begins almost as soon as the votes have been counted. Preparing for Power, a special six...
Rishi Sunak’s double by-election trouble
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - February 17, 2024 10:44 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA double by-election battering for the government has made this a very bad week for Rishi Sunak. The loss of Kingswood and Wellingborough to Labour followed the news that the UK has fallen into recession. Conservative backbenchers are restless. And the polls are showing no signs shifting. Chris C...
Preparing for Power – Ep.2: The Civil Service
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - February 13, 2024 10:31 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhoever forms the next government will need to be prepared. The job begins almost as soon as the votes have been counted. Preparing for Power, a special six-part series from the Institute for Government, takes you behind the scenes to find out how our politicians, their advisers and officials blo...
Sunak gambles as Starmer u-turns
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - February 09, 2024 10:29 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe King’s health has dominated the news this week, but the prime minister has been making controversial headlines with his televised bet with Piers Morgan and a major PMQs bust-up with Keir Starmer. It hasn't been an easy couple of days for the Labour leader either, with Starmer dropping his £28...
Preparing for Power – Ep.1: Access Talks
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - February 06, 2024 04:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhoever forms the next government will need to be prepared. The job begins almost as soon as the votes have been counted. So what is it like to go from opposition to government overnight? How do civil servants get ready for the possibility of a transition of power or a hung parliament? And what ...
The Gathering Stormont
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - February 02, 2024 12:53 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA deal to restore government in Northern Ireland has finally been struck and Stormont is set to return. So what was the decisive factor? Who are the big winners? And what are the chances of this deal actually holding? Peter Foster of the Financial Times joins the IfG team to reflect on a historic...
Has Sunak lost the plot?
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - January 26, 2024 12:51 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSimon Clarke has called for Rishi Sunak to go. A former No10 special adviser has said the Conservatives won’t win the election with Sunak at the helm. And an endless supply of new polling keeps painting an awkward picture for the PM’s prospects. So just how much trouble is Sunak in? The Times’ Ge...
Rishi vs. The Rebels
INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government - January 19, 2024 09:58 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsRishi Sunak’s controversial Rwanda legislation has made its way through the House of Commons, but at what cost to his authority? Peter Ricketts, the UK’s first national security adviser, joins the podcast team to discuss Sunak’s battles with his MPs, his looming battles with the House of Lords, a...
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