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Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
The first Labour government in 14 years is facing a daunting to-do list and complex challenges at every turn. Public services are under strain. The civil service is under pressure. And ministers must deliver the government’s missions and milestones. But could Keir Starmer’s plan to “rewire the British state” – through using AI and creating a “start-up” culture – turn these challenges into opportunities? So where is government working well and what is it doing badly? What can be done to make…
Episodes
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Constitutions under pressure: Lessons for the UK
The UK Constitution is uncodified and a product of centuries of evolution, makes it hard to compare directly to the constitution of other countries. However…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
The IfG Review of 2022 – The year of living dangerously
We review a year of chaos, with its three Prime Ministers, four Chancellors, scores of resignations and wild rides for the pound and inflation. Who was the…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
The Winter Of Discontent 2.0
The worst concurrence of public service strikes since the 70s is rocking the Government’s authority. Does the Government’s refusal to talk look too…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Peer Pressure
The Times' Henry Zeffman joins the podcast team to make sense of Gordon Brown's recipe for constitutional reform - and ask whether Keir Starmer can actually…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Selection headaches & tactical dilemmas
Matt Hancock has come home. Football might be coming home. But Rishi Sunak's problems on the home front are going nowhere. With the Conservative Party…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Rishi Sunak’s Growing Pains
Liz Truss put economic growth front and centre of her premiership, but does Rishi Sunak even have a coherent growth policy? The Guardian’s City Editor Anna…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Autumn Statement of intent
Jeremy Hunt has unveiled the government's economic plans, with the chancellor handing out giveaways now but setting out tax rises - and spending cuts - to…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Gavin Williamson shuts up and goes away
We didn't have to wait long for the first ministerial resignation of Rishi Sunak's premiership, and it's Gavin Williamson who is out of government - again…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Rumble in the Westminster Jungle
While Matt Hancock’s bushtucker trials will be making all the headlines, Westminster is wondering how Rishi Sunak will manage his ongoing Suella Braverman…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Ready for Rishi?
Another podcast, another prime minister. Liz Truss is out after just 50 days in No.10. Rishi Sunak is in, with the former Chancellor avoiding a showdown with…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Broken Truss
After a feverish week in Westminster and a chaotic 24 hours in government, Liz Truss has called time on her record-breakingly short stay in Number 10. The IfG…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Is the lady for u-turning?
As pressure piles up on the prime minister, the IfG podcast team assemble - with guest Aubrey Allegretti of the Guardian - to work out what Liz Truss might do…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government"The nightmarish state of British politics"
Academic, author and former Talking Politics host David Runciman joins the IfG podcast team to take stock of the state of British politics. As wearing…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Gilt trips & bank statements
The fallout from Kwasi Kwarteng's budget continues, so what can the chancellor do to calm the nerves? Guest Soumaya Keynes of the Economist joins the IfG…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentEurope's Energy Crisis
With winter fast approaching, politicians across Europe have been taking dramatic steps to address the ongoing energy crisis. The IfG team are joined by Alice…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Gloves off for Truss v Starmer
Liz Truss has been to New York, Keir Starmer is on his way to Liverpool, and the IfG podcast team assemble in the studio to discuss a week where politics began…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
The Queen, the King and the Constitution
The FT’s Stephen Bush joins the IfG team in the podcast studio, just a few hundred metres away from Buckingham Palace, to make sense of an extraordinary moment…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
In Liz we Truss?
The epic Conservative Party leadership contest is finally over, and Liz Truss is the new prime minister. After a flight to Balmoral to meet the Queen, and a…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Truss triumph or Sunak surprise?
The long, hot summer of endless Conservative leadership contest hustings is over, and next week the winner will be announced. The FT’s Seb Payne joins the…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
WHAT IS THE POINT OF PARTY CONFERENCES?
Every autumn the UK’s political parties decamp from Westminster for the annual party conference season. From Brighton to Blackpool, Manchester to Birmingham…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
THE SECRET MAP OF WHITEHALL
Centuries of British political history has played out across Whitehall, with key decisions taken in the many government buildings that line the streets around…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
THE LIFECYCLE OF A MINISTER
From being appointed to the job to that first overwhelming day’s work, from taking key decisions to ultimately being reshuffled back to the backbenches, and…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
NUMBER 10 AFTER JOHNSON
Boris Johnson’s Number 10 veered between the anarchic and the chaotic, marked by resignations, sackings, resets, cake ambushes and work events. So, what can…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Changing of the guard
After six years, three prime ministers and 178 episodes of Inside Briefing, outgoing Institute for Government Director Bronwen Maddox chairs her final episode…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
The Sunak v Truss showdown
With the Conservative leadership contest now down to battle between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, the podcast crew assemble to assess the pitches, pledges and…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
A Penny for Their Thoughts?
The Conservative leadership contest is gathering speed, but what are the candidates offering their fellow MPs, what does the party membership think, and have…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Boris Johnson: Exit Means Exit?
After an extraordinary day in Westminster, and a record-breaking number of resignations, the Prime Minister finally quit Downing Street. But Boris Johnson will…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Around the World in 8 days
Three big international summits have kept Boris Johnson thousands of miles away from by-election defeats, a Cabinet resignation and growing disquiet at home…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Double Trouble
After two bruising by-election defeats and a Cabinet resignation, is Boris Johnson fighting to hold on to his job? Pollster James Johnson joins the podcast…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
The Only Way is Ethics
The Inside Briefing team assemble minutes after Lord Geidt’s explosive resignation letter was published. So just how careless is it of the Prime Minister to…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
1922 and all that: Johnson’s crisis of confidence
Technically, Boris Johnson is safe for another year. But is he really? Deputy Political Editor of the Spectator Katy Balls joins the IFG to discuss the policy…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
VONC Special: Boris On The Brink?
With 148 votes against him, was Boris Johnson’s vote of confidence victory a Pyrrhic one? The IfG team convene to look at the unfolding civil war in the…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentBeyond the Beehive: lessons on government reform from New Zealand
New Zealand is often seen as a poster child for government reform. In this special edition of Inside Briefing Professor Rodney Scott, the chief policy advisor…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Gray Matters
The long wait is over, and the Sue Gray report is out. So, what does it tell us about Boris Johnson’s No10? What have we learnt about the culture in Downing…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Belfast and the furious
Breaking news special! The podcast team assembled in the studio as the Met confirmed it had finished its partygate inquiry - and would not issue any more Fines…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Boris and the Giant Queen’s Speech
A Queen’s Speech without a Queen, but was it a Queen’s Speech without a theme? The Guardian’s Rafael Behr joins the podcast team to dissect Prince Charles’ big…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Election selection rejection
Election results were landing by the time the IfG podcast team - with guest Anoosh Chakelian of the New Statesman - assembled in the studio. What do the votes…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
A little local difficulty?
With less than a week to go until a series of elections across the UK, the FT's Jim Pickard joins the podcast team to discuss what's at stake - and what the…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentPartygate in the House
The prime minister avoided another explosive day in Westminster by heading to India, but is the home front becoming ever-more precarious for Boris Johnson? The…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Paying the penalty?
Boris Johnson’s Fixed Penalty Notice for breaking COVID rules makes him the first sitting Prime Minister who, as far as anyone can remember, has been found to…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentInformation, Misinformation, Disinformation
Propaganda in warfare is an ancient concept, but has Russia’s information campaign since it invaded Ukraine taken things to a new level? Are Russia’s…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Another fine mess for No10?
Boris Johnson reckons he is now more popular in parts of Kyiv than parts of Kensington, so how worried should the prime minister be as Partygate returns to the…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentIs Rishi fuelling discontent?
After Rishi Sunak's spring statement was met with a barrage of bruising headlines, we crunch the numbers and assess what the chancellor announced - and what he…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Spring Statement Special Edition
Britain’s economy survived omicron relatively unscathed, but soaring inflation and energy price rises exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean Rishi…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Russia's Money Talks
Russia faces a raft of sanctions amid global disgust at the invasion of Ukraine. We discuss nations severing ties with Vladimir Putin’s regime, and what long…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters
Despite peace talks taking place, Russia’s assault on Ukraine shows no sign of slowing down. With Boris Johnson jetting to the Gulf in an effort to ease the…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
THE UKRAINE CRISIS HITS HOME
The war in Ukraine shows no sign of easing, and its impact is being felt across UK government. What will it mean for bills if Russian energy imports are cut…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
How can Putin’s Ukraine war end?
The awful scenes of war and violence in Ukraine show no sign of ending. Will an unprecedented barrage of sanctions be enough to shift Vladimir Putin’s…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Putin’s War - Can Sanctions Work?
Russia invades Ukraine and shocks the world, with casualties already reported and citizens fleeing Kyiv. What does Putin want? And can a raft of sanctions…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Playing Chicken With Kyiv
The Ukraine Crisis is still unresolved. What exactly does Putin want, is he determined to use force to achieve it – and can Britain do anything about it? Plus…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Director’s Annual Lecture 2022
Bronwen Maddox gives the Institute for Government’s annual Director’s Lecture, followed by a response from New Statesman political editor Stephen Bush and a…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Send In The Not Complete Clowns
Will Boris Johnson’s panic reshuffle provide the hard reset he needs? Can reorganising the No.10 backroom dispel the shadows of the Gray Report and the Met…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Sir John Major: In Democracy We Trust?
The Institute for Government is delighted to welcome Sir John Major KG CH to give a keynote speech on the issue of trust and standards in British democracy…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
It’s a Shame About Gray
Sue Gray has finally published her report into Downing Street parties, and despite it being a diminished version, it was damning about the culture and…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Ukraine on the Brink
As tensions rise on the Ukrainian border, are we at risk of Europe’s first ground war since 1945? Sir Lawrence Freedman joins the panel to discuss the…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Dog Fights and Defections
A Red Wall MP has defected to Labour, and David David has publicly called for the PM to go. But we’re still waiting for Sue Gray’s report, and Boris Johnson is…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
24 Hour Work Event People
Boris Johnson makes an uncharacteristic apology to the House for No.10’s lockdown garden party – but is the PM reaching for a narrow legalistic…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
It takes Inflation of Billions to Hold us back
As 2022 kicks off with rising inflation, soaring energy bills and taxes set to increase, what sort of state is Britain’s economy in - and how bad are things…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
2021: Groundhog Year
We look back on a tumultuous year in politics, from the Owen Paterson debacle to the endless Christmas party scandals, from the shame of Afghanistan to Lord…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Peppa Pig Strikes Back: What fiction and fantasy can teach us about government, Part 2
We’ve all had quite enough reality for another year. So the IfG podcast team escape back into the worlds of fiction and fantasy to discover what they can teach…