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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…
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Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentOutsourcing the Death Star: What fiction and fantasy can teach us about government
We’ve all had quite enough reality for one year. In an IfG Christmas special, we ask what fictional and fantasy worlds can teach us about governing. What does…
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The Year The World Stood Still: 2020 In Review
From Barnard Castle to Brussels, from Wuhan to the White House, it has been a year of unprecedented challenges, impossible choices, huge governmental gambles…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
So Here It Is, Mini Christmas
Can Boris Johnson get the country to stick to his plans for a Compact Christmas – or has he already blown the comms challenge? What has a year of lockdown and…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentBONUS: What does a Biden presidency mean for the UK?
This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event. Joe Biden is set to become the 46th US president. How will he deal with Coronavirus and the economy? What are…
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Groundhog Deal
As EU trade talks go down to the wire of Transition’s end on Dec 31, was Boris Johnson and Ursula van der Leyen’s dinner a deux really the failed last chance…
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Roll Out To Help Out
The world’s first green light for a COVID vaccine is a clear boost of the Government. But how can they ensure the right people take it without falling back on…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentINSIDE BRIEFING EXTRA: When Brexit and Covid collide
In January, the government will be doing battle on two fronts: dealing with a likely disruptive end to the Brexit transition period as the UK faces a new…
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Do They Know It’s Rishmas Time?
With eyewatering sums spent on the COVID crisis and Britain facing the lowest growth since the 1700s, will Rishi Sunak’s spending review do enough to keep the…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
No Such Thing As A Free Relaunch
Can Boris Johnson make his reset stick? Will changing his advisors change his problems? Is No.10 getting nervous as the Brexit endgame looms? And what does the…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
A Hard Cain’s Gonna Fall
What does the defenestration of Lee Cain from No.10 mean for the Vote Leave faction that got Johnson into power? Who are the Conservatives’ restive ‘Covid…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentBIDEN HIS TIME: Inside Briefing Extra
After an incredible week, and even with votes still being counted, we now know that Joe Biden has won the US presidential election. But Donald Trump is…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentAdvice to government in the coronavirus crisis
This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event The announcement of a second England lockdown came following repeated warnings from the UK government’s…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Fate Of The Union
As counting continues in the US election, and with both candidates claiming they’ve won, we take a look at the contest so far, and what the result will mean…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Is Britain’s Circuit Breaking?
There’s no escaping COVID19, and with calls for a ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown growing by the day, how is the Government coping as the pressure mounts? And with…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
All Disquiet On The Northern Front
Who came off worse in the stand-off between Manchester’s Andy Burnham and London, and what does the confrontation say about Westminster’s real attitude to the…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Driven To Tiers
First birthday edition! Is Boris Johnson’s tiers-based compromise on fighting COVID worse than simply biting the bullet of a national lockdown? Is Westminster…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentEXTRA: Brexit – Deal or No Deal?
This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event The UK and EU have agreed to continue the Brexit negotiations in an effort to resolve outstanding issues such…
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And The Wind Cries ‘Boris’
Is the smorgasbord of Big Ideas that Boris Johnson announced to the virtual Conservative Conference actually deliverable? Do plans for the Saudi Arabia of…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
We All Live In A Trade Talks Submarine
As the EU gives notice of legal action against Britain, are the trade talks about to enter the Tunnel, the Submarine or total meltdown? Is Lindsay Hoyle right…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Freeze A Jolly Good Furlough
As the COVID outlook worsens dramatically, can Boris Johnson make another six months of restrictions stick? Is Rishi Sunak’s new Job Support Scheme just the…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Test Botch Special
What has gone so wrong with the Government’s “world-beating” COVID response? After a summer of confusion, can the “moonshot” get the Government’s pandemic…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Specific and Limited Chaos
As Boris Johnson attempts to feed the Withdrawal Bill into a shredder marked “Internal Market Bill”, what does it mean for the rule of law, civil servants and…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Simon’s on the Case
It’s all change at the top of the Civil Service as the youngest Cabinet Secretary in over a century begins his job next week. But who is Simon Case? Why has he…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Return to Brexit Island
Brexit may be Done but it’s about to rise from the grave as we get closer to Dec 31. The IfG’s Brexit Team convene to look ahead to a tumultuous autumn. Are…
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Slave To The ’Rithm – Exams crisis fallout
The A-Levels fiasco could damage more than pupils’ futures and the career of Gavin Williamson. What will it mean for any potentially beneficial future use of…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Marksism Today: The A Levels Fiasco
As pupils and parents fume over the A Levels mess, how and why did the Government inflict this fiasco on itself? As cheese drives a wedge between Britain and…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Northern Uproar and Overloading the Lords
The Government’s emergency lockdown of Greater Manchester took the public by surprise and left them confused and resentful. Special guest Jennifer Williams of…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
The Pain In Spain
The Government’s emergency Spanish quarantine: decisive action, poor planning or a failure to understand what working life is really like? With the inevitable…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Civil Service: Is a Hard Rain really gonna fall?
Reforming the Civil Service is the biggest of Big Asks. Can Dominic Cummings pull off his radical plans in the middle of a once-in-a-century health crisis? And…
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Huawei, Lewis And The News
Britain’s decision to rip out Huawei kit from our mobile network by 2027 has set the Government on a collision course with China. Who forced this decision…
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Rishi’s Groupon Gamble
Is Rishi Sunak’s colossal £30bn package of jobs stimulus, training subsidy, VAT cuts and stamp duty changes be enough to stave off a COVID crash? And will his…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentSIR BERNARD JENKIN on the Civil Service’s turbulent week
Sir Bernard Jenkin, chairman of the Commons Liaison Committee, discusses a turbulent week for the Civil Service, Mark Sedwill’s departure as cabinet secretary…
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A Good Year For The Roosevelts
Is Build Build Build just Talk Talk Talk? With its £5bn shopping list of infrastructure spending, is Boris Johnson’s so-called New Deal really as big and…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Resign o’the Times: Mark Sedwill departs
Sir Mark Sedwill’s departure as Cabinet Secretary after weeks of sniping has startled Westminster, with many fingers pointing at Dominic Cummings. No Cabinet…
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Let’s Go Outside?
There’s a new three-word slogan in town: “Build, build, build.” As the Government unlocks more sectors of public life, Boris Johnson is keen to finally put…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
U-Turn When You Don’t Want To
How did the Government end up completely wrong-footed by a footballer in the issue of extending free school meals? Are ministers getting broad enough – and…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
COVID: You do the Aftermath
Is the Government running scared of a full public inquiry into the Coronavirus crisis? When and how should it happen and what questions should it ask? And how…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentBONUS: Mark Landler of the NYT extended interview
Trump, Facebook, the economy, the Presidential election and the unprecedented tumult in the US following the killing of George Floyd. The New York Times’…
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Do the Demoggcracy Conga
The return of Parliament-in-person was met with dismay as disgruntled MPs were forced to conga through Palace of Westminster, and distanced or shielded Members…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Should Have Gone To SPAD-Savers
Could the Government ever have controlled the fallout from Dominic Cummings’ breach of COVID travel rules, and is it too late now? Why is Boris Johnson so…
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BONUS: The roots of America's COVID chaos with Dan Balz of the Washington Post
Bonus extended interview: The Trump administration’s response to the COVID emergency has been widely decried as inconsistent and unequal to the enormity of the…
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Back To Life, Back To Reality?
As the COVID lockdown eases, will the blame land on ministers, scientists, advisers, Public Health England or Number Ten? What can the drama of the Brexit…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
On Her Majesty’s Beleagured Service
Has the Government lost control of the unlocking narrative? Boris Johnson’s new advice confused much of the country, but how will it translate into real-world…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
For Those About To Unlock
Boris Johnson’s finger is hovering over the Unlock button. How can the Government reopen the economy without allowing the virus a second wind? What if the…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
“R” Wars against the Phantom Menace
How do you weigh human wellbeing against Coronavirus deaths? How do we get “R”, the rate of Corona transmission, to a manageable level? As the government…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentRemote control: JACOB REES-MOGG on the Commons under COVID
Is the future made for virtual democracy? In this bonus interview, Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg talks to Bronwen Maddox about organising a new dispersed…
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Coming to the COVID Crunch
The Government is under fire over COVID as seldom before. Was it wise to aggressively rebut the Sunday Times report on their preparations for the pandemic? Is…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
The Impossible Choice
To unlock or not to unlock? The government faces a momentous choice of easing the lockdown to resurrect the economy, or keeping it in place to preserve human…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
Second in Command?
Corona is straining Government as never before outside peacetime – and Boris Johnson is still mostly incapacitated. David Lidington, Theresa May’s former…
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Designated survivors: Who’s in charge?
Who takes over when the PM is incapacitated? Can Boris Johnson lead the country from his bedroom? Has COVID given the Civil Service a reprieve from the…
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Sunset Clause is coming to town: Inside the Corona Bill
That “draconian” Corona Bill: exactly how swingeing are the powers it bestows? And will the Government give them up as fast as they assumed them? Special guest…
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Coronanomics – “An enormous moral decision”
“Change your life. Do everything differently.” Is Government rising to the Corona crisis? How can it ensure that state aid helps employees and businesses and…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
How to handle a national emergency – a special podcast
COVID-19 is developing into the biggest threat to public health in a generation. How does government move through the gears when a crisis of this magnitude…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentIfG INTERVIEWS: Julia Gillard, former Australian PM, on women in politics
For International Women’s Day on 8 March, Australia’s first – and so far only – female Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD sat down with the IfG’s Director Bronwen…
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Let’s get fiscal: Can Sunak bury Corona in cash?
Hey, big spender: was this the Corona budget or the End of Austerity budget? Is Rishi Sunak doing the right thing for businesses that can’t handle the…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentIfG INTERVIEWS: David Gauke, former Treasury Secretary and one-man “Gaukward Squad”
In the latest of our occasional interviews, former Conservative MP and Treasury Secretary DAVID GAUKE talks to the IfG’s Cath Haddon about what the last…
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A matter of life and debt
Beyond Brexit, the government begins the colossal task of sorting out UK-EU commerce, a US-UK trade deal… and maybe trade within the UK itself. Former DExEU…
Inside Briefing with the Institute for GovernmentEXTRA: Rutnam vs Patel lays Civil Service/Govt turmoil bare
The seismic, very public resignation of Home Secretary Priti Patel’s permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam has blown the state of relations between the…
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Breaking Spad: is something rotten in the state of Johnson?
This week on the podcast that dispels the mysteries of government: Backroom squabbles, bullying and powergrabs — is the Johnson administration already tearing…
- Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government
“The Department of No”: Inside the Number Ten-Treasury rivalry
This week on the podcast that ventures into the engine room of government, the Treasury vs Number Ten. War without end or grudging partnership of equals?…