Trust in government up in smoke?
Liz Truss is back, with her new book providing journalists with all sorts of extraordinary insights into her retrospective arguments about why her pre...
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These are tumultuous times in UK politics. Government is under strain, the civil service is under pressure, and ministers are grappling with the fallout of Covid, the impact of Brexit and an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis. So where is government working well and what is it doing badly? What can be done to make No10, the Treasury and the rest of government function more effectively? And as a general election draws ever nearer, what are the key political and policy dividing lines – and what do they mean for the way this country is run? Get behind the scenes in Westminster, Whitehall and beyond on the weekly podcast from Britain’s leading governmental think tank, where we analyse the latest events in politics and explain what they mean. Every week on INSIDE BRIEFING, IfG director Hannah White and the team welcome special guests for a free-ranging conversation on what makes government work – and how to fix it when it doesn’t.
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The Prime Minister’s plot twists
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The general election budget?
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Preparing for Power: Ep 5 – Making Manifestos
A general election is getting closer – and whoever forms the next government needs to be prepared. The campaign will dominate time and resources, but ...
What do we really know about Keir Starmer?
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Preparing for Power: Ep 4 – The governing party
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