IfG Events

The Labour government has a huge majority in parliament – but Keir Starmer’s administration is also facing an incredibly complex set of policy challenges. So how can the prime minister and his team turn around public service performance? What can chancellor Rachel Reeves do to get the economy growing again? What will mission-driven government actually mean in practice? Who should be making the key decisions in Westminster – and beyond? And what will the appointment of a new cabinet secretary mean for the future direction of the civil service?

From reforming how the centre of government works to the battle for the future of the civil service, from making a success of levelling up to achieve net zero goals, IfG EVENTS stimulate fresh thinking and share ideas about how government works – and how it could work better.

Government
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The UK Internal Market Bill explained
The IfG Brexit team on the Government's most controversial move
59 min
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Netting Zero
What would a serious Carbon Net Zero plan look like?
62 min
278
The new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development O...
With guests Sarah Champion MP, Lord Kerr and James Cowan
58 min
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The Media: Covering the Corona Crisis
Evan Davis, Kate McCann, Tom Newton Dunn and Jennifer Williams in conversation
63 min
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Future UK–EU relationship: What do Parliamentar...
What do MPs and Lords hope to see from the final settlement?
60 min
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Civil Service reform: Getting out of London
Why should policy be made only in the Capital?
60 min
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Civil Service reform: Jonathan Slater in conver...
The Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education talks to Bronwen Maddox
61 min
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Civil Service reform: How to measure success
An expert panel from across government, academia and local administration
61 min
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Civil Service reform: Finding and keeping the r...
Will improving recruitment and retention produce better policy advice?
63 min
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Civil Service reform: This time is different
We ask our panel: How do you get the Civil Service to change?
61 min
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Jeremy Hunt MP in conversation
The former Health and Foreign Secretary talks to Bronwen Maddox
55 min
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Scrutinising Special Advisors
Examining their role as major change looms
61 min
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Shadow Chancellor ANNELIESE DODDS MP in convers...
Key Labour frontbencher talks to IfG Director Bronwen Maddox
56 min
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Is business ready for Brexit?
Business leaders on preparing for Brexit amid uncertainty
64 min
290
Governing Northern Ireland: Six months of power...
With Julian Smith MP, Sam McBride, Prof Duncan Morrow and Ann Watt
66 min
291
Rory Stewart on the Govt's COVID policy, DfID a...
The former International Development Secretary in conversation with Bronwen Maddox
44 min
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David McAllister MEP on the European Parliament...
The Chair of the European Parliament’s UK Coordination Group in conversation
31 min
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Andreas Michaelis, Germany’s Ambassador to the ...
Inside Germany's new presidency of the EU
59 min
294
COVID-19, wage subsidies and unemployment
With guest economists from France, Ireland and the USA
67 min
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Prof Joseph E. Stiglitz on COVID-19 and economi...
The Nobel laureate economist in conversation with Bronwen Maddox
30 min
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Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales talks t...
What COVID has meant for devolved government
34 min
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Devolution and the future UK–EU relationship
With guests Jenny Gilruth, Jeremy Miles and David Phinnemore
58 min
298
Brexit: where next?
Deal or No Deal with the IfG’s Brexit team
61 min
299
Science and Politics: how expert advice shapes ...
With special guests Tracey Brown, Prof Sir Robert Watson, Tom Whipple and Prof James Wilsdon
63 min
300
Leading in an emergency: Cabinet Secretaries an...
With former Cabinet Secretaries Lords Butler, Wilson and O’Donnell
52 min