Plus what to expect from the COVID Inquiry

The Queen's Speech plus how Australia tackled COVID

Super Thursday: an interim report

With guest Stephen Daisley of The Spectator

With guest Adrian Masters, Political Editor of ITV Cymru Wales

<p>The relationship between a failing business and a former prime minister, lobbying in British politics, the rules that guide both ministers and civil servants, and the wider state of standards in public life.&nbsp;Along with former prime minister David Cameron, the Greensill saga has now dragged a growing list of former and current government ministers and officials into its orbit. And it shows no sign of calming down.</p><p>So what are the latest developments, what rules have been broken, what rules aren’t good enough and will the various inquiries now launched actually fix anything?</p><p>A special INSIDE BRIEFING EXTRA brings together IfG’s experts on ministers, civil servants and standards in public life to make sense of it all – and look at the current rules and what now needs to change.</p><p>With</p><ul><li><strong>Hannah White</strong>, IfG deputy director and a former secretary of the committee on&nbsp;<strong>Standards&nbsp;</strong>in Public Life</li><li><strong>Tim Durrant</strong>, IfG associate director, former civil servant and lead for IfG work on ministers</li><li><strong>Alex Thomas</strong>, IfG programme director and a former civil servant at the heart of government</li></ul><p>Presented by&nbsp;<strong>Catherine Haddon</strong>, IfG senior fellow</p><p>Audio production by Candice McKenzie</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Judical Review reform with guest Sir Jonathan Jones

With guest Ailbhe Rae of the New Statesman

With special guest Gabriel Pogrund of the Sunday Times

With special guest Rafael Behr of The Guardian

With guests Sophia Gaston and John McTernan

With special guest Luke McGee of CNN

<p>The highest level of public debt and highest tax burden since the late 1960s, the first increase in corporation tax since 1974, the largest net tax rise since 1993…</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this special edition of Inside Briefing, IfG chief economist, Gemma Tetlow, is joined by IfG senior economist Tom Pope, and IfG senior fellows Jill Rutter and Giles Wilkes to trawl through the details of Rishi Sunak’s second budget. Did he do enough to support businesses and households as the lockdown lifts? Will the plans for large future tax rises and cuts to benefit payments stick? What did the budget reveal about the government’s strategy for UK growth?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Audio production by Candice McKenzie</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ifgbudget2021&amp;src=typed_query" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IfGBudget2021</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

With guests Torcuil Crichton of the Daily Record and John McTernan

An IfG Special

An Institute for Government live event

With special guest Ben Riley-Smith of the Telegraph

<p>Ahead of the Prime Minister producing his new ‘roadmap’, we discuss the plans, priorities and politics for lifting the lockdown. Does the government know what its objectives are? What does ‘data, not dates’ mean in practice? What still needs to be done and what should we look out for when the plan lands?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this edition of Inside Briefing Extra, IfG Senior Fellow Dr Catherine Haddon is joined by Conservative MP and Covid Recovery Group chairman Mark Harper, the New Statesman’s political editor Stephen Bush, Christina Pagel, Director of the Clinical Operational Research Unit at UCL and Tom Sasse, Associate Director at IfG.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Audio production by Candice McKenzie</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

With special guests Mo Hussein and John McTernan

Inside Briefing Extra

Will new penalties for breaking quarantine work?

With guest Tony Connelly of RTE

With Steve Richards, political commentator and podcaster

<p><em>This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event</em></p><p>The Institute for Government hosted&nbsp;the annual lecture by&nbsp;<strong>Bronwen Maddox</strong>, its director.</p><p>In her speech, Bronwen looked at the government’s performance in the extraordinary circumstances of 2020 and what 2021 might bring.</p><p>Her discussion was followed by a response from&nbsp;<strong>Professor David Runciman</strong>&nbsp;and the event was chaired by&nbsp;<strong>Sir Richard Lambert</strong>.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IFGDirector?f=live" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IfGDirector</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

With special guest Nick Timothy