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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 No10, the Treasury and the rest of government function more effectively? What can Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves do to achieve faster economic growth? What will Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives and the other opposition parties do to hold the government to account? How might Donald Trump shape British politics – and how could the UK’s relations with the EU change in the years ahead?

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 welcomes special guests for a thought-provoking conversation on what makes government work – and how to fix it when it doesn’t.

Government
Politics
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Rishi Sunak’s double by-election trouble
38 min
102
Preparing for Power – Ep.2: The Civil Service
23 min
103
Sunak gambles as Starmer u-turns
39 min
104
Preparing for Power – Ep.1: Access Talks
21 min
105
The Gathering Stormont
39 min
106
Has Sunak lost the plot?
37 min
107
Rishi vs. The Rebels
44 min
108
The Post Office scandal: Trouble on the horizon
37 min
109
2024 Preview Special: Let election battles comm...
43 min
110
Christmas Special: The IfG Fantasy Cabinet
46 min
111
The IfG Review of 2023: Posturing and panicking...
48 min
112
Rishi Sunak’s unhappy Five Families
42 min
113
Was this Rishi Sunak's worst week yet?
42 min
114
Sunak’s Captain Marble act falls flat
39 min
115
Autumn Statement of Intent?
31 min
116
Sunak's flights of fantasy?
31 min
117
LIGHTS! CAMERON! RESHUFFLE ACTION!
26 min
118
The Suella/Sunak Stand-Off
36 min
119
Boris Johnson's orgy of narcissism
39 min
120
Inside Briefing Extra: Where next for English d...
48 min
121
250th EPISODE: Many unhappy returns? Rishi Suna...
37 min
122
Rishi Sunak's double trouble
42 min
123
Mystery date: when is the right time to call a ...
34 min
124
Keir Starmer’s Mersey Mission
34 min
125
The Start of the Keir Show
44 min