<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

With guest Kate Proctor, political editor at PoliticsHome.com

With guest Paul Goodman of Conservative Home

<p><strong>A special cross-post from our </strong><a href="https://shows.acast.com/ifg-live-discussions-with-the-institute-for-government" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>IFG LIVE feed</strong></a><strong>.</strong> The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement was published on Christmas Eve, just a week before the transition period was due to end. So what does the deal mean for the UK – and for its relationship with the EU? What will change for businesses? How will data be shared? Will the EU and the UK continue to work closely on security issues? How was the contentious issue of fishing finally sorted? And what does ‘taking back control’ really mean in practice?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Institute for Government Brexit team assembles for a special Brexit deal podcast to make sense of what has been agreed and what will happen on January 1.&nbsp;Hear <strong>Jill Rutter</strong>, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government, in conversation with <strong>Maddy Thimont Jack</strong> (Associate Director), <strong>James Kane</strong> (Associate), <strong>Georgina Wright</strong> (Associate), and <strong>Joe Marshall</strong> (Senior Researcher). Audio production by Candice McKenzie. #IfGBrexit</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>

An IfG Christmas Special

<p>From Barnard Castle to Brussels, from Wuhan to the White House, it has been a year of unprecedented challenges, impossible choices, huge governmental gambles and astonishing mis-steps. Will 2020 prove to be a wild aberration or a turning point for the business of British government? Our crack team of analysts returns from the (virtual) IfG Christmas Party to discuss the successes and failures of a year of crisis, from the pandemic emergency measures to the reform of the Civil service to, yes, Brexit.&nbsp;</p><ul><li><em>“We’ve seen a Prime Minister who struggles to rise to the enormity of what he’s faced with</em>.” – <strong>Jill Rutter</strong></li><li><em>“The Government’s communications have been so poor that they obscured many of their own successes.”</em> – <strong>Alex Thomas</strong></li><li><em>“There is a growing narrative about Keir Starmer sitting on the fence. Labour need to address that next year”</em><strong> – Maddy Thimont-Jack</strong></li><li><em>“A hard rain fell on a lot of civil servants before it fell on Dominic Cummings himself.”</em> – <strong>Bronwen Maddox</strong></li><li><em>“Boris Johnson’s optimism has led him into a cycle of overpromising and under-delivering.”</em> – <strong>Jill Rutter</strong></li><li><em>“To say the peak has passed and you can go out, and then see ANOTHER peak…&nbsp;that could be a blow that a government might not recover from.”</em> – <strong>Alex Thomas</strong></li></ul><p>Hosted by Bronwen Maddox with Jill Rutter, Alex Thomas and Maddy Thimont-Jack. <strong>Audio production by Alex Rees</strong></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 Ed Conway, Sky economics editor and Times columnist

What are his priorities on COVID, the economy and UK trade?

Brexit: The Eleventh Hour

With special guest Iain Dale

How will the government handle the end of Brexit transition alongside coronavirus?

<p>With eyewatering sums spent on the COVID crisis and Britain facing the lowest growth since the 1700s, will <strong>Rishi Sunak’s spending review</strong> do enough to keep the public finances from meltdown? Will the public sector pay freeze really make a difference? And are the health risks of saving Christmas worth the potential political gain?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“This is a good year to have bad figures… If there was ever a year to do a lot of borrowing, it’s this year.”</em><strong><em> – Giles Wilkes</em></strong></li><li><em>“It’s strange when Sunak has spent billions this year and we’re debating whether he’s a generous or a tough chancellor.”</em><strong><em> – Tom Pope</em></strong></li><li><em>“Sunak seems to have got the politics right. Whether it’s the right thing for the country remains to be seen.”</em><strong><em> –&nbsp;Giles Wilkes</em></strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Gemma Tetlow, Tom Pope and Giles Wilkes. <strong>Audio production by Alex Rees</strong></p><p><br></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>

<p>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 departure of Dominic Cummings mean for the use of digital data to revolutionise government? <a href="https://twitter.com/johnmcternan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>John McTernan</strong></a>, political strategist and former Director of Political Operations to Prime Minister Tony Blair, joins us to hack through the thickets of government.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“This is Theresa May all over again. It wasn’t the advisors that were the problem. The Prime Minister is the problem.” </em><strong><em>– John McTernan</em></strong></li><li><em>“If you can’t reset your character, you can’t reset your government.”</em><strong><em> – John McTernan</em></strong></li><li><em>“Gordon Brown was right. The UK may not be breaking up but governance is definitely breaking down.”</em><strong><em> – John McTernan</em></strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Alex Thomas, Jill Rutter and Gavin Freeguard. <strong>Audio production by Alex Rees</strong></p><br><p><br></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>