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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
201
Belfast and the furious
43 min
202
Boris and the Giant Queen’s Speech
34 min
203
Election selection rejection
With guest Anoosh Chakelian of the New Statesman
30 min
204
A little local difficulty?
40 min
205
Partygate in the House
50 min
206
Paying the penalty?
36 min
207
Information, Misinformation, Disinformation
33 min
208
Another fine mess for No10?
38 min
209
Is Rishi fuelling discontent?
35 min
210
Spring Statement Special Edition
37 min
211
Russia's Money Talks
33 min
212
Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters
40 min
213
THE UKRAINE CRISIS HITS HOME
48 min
214
How can Putin’s Ukraine war end?
38 min
215
Putin’s War - Can Sanctions Work?
39 min
216
Playing Chicken With Kyiv
37 min
217
Director’s Annual Lecture 2022
With IfG Director Bronwen Maddox, plus New Statesman political editor Stephen Bush and former Justice Secretary Sir David Lidington
78 min
218
Send In The Not Complete Clowns
38 min
219
Sir John Major: In Democracy We Trust?
The former Prime Minister’s keynote speech on standards in British democracy
64 min
220
It’s a Shame About Gray
35 min
221
Ukraine on the Brink
37 min
222
Dog Fights and Defections
35 min
223
24 Hour Work Event People
36 min
224
It takes Inflation of Billions to Hold us back
47 min
225
2021: Groundhog Year
As New Year dawns, the IfG panel look back to the future
43 min