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EXTRA: Tony Blair on Coronavirus one year on
EXTRA: Tony Blair on Coronavirus one year on
As we pass a year since the first case of Covid-19 was reported in the UK, the Institute for Government is delighted to ... Read more
26 Feb 2021
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“The Department of No”: Inside the Number Ten-Treasury rivalry
“The Department of No”: Inside the Number Ten-Treasury rivalry
This week on the podcast that ventures into the engine room of government, the Treasury vs Number Ten. War without end o... Read more
20 Feb 2020
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Breaking Spad: is something rotten in the state of Johnson?
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This week on the podcast that dispels the mysteries of government: Backroom squabbles, bullying and powergrabs — is the ... Read more
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What works in Whitehall – and what doesn’t?
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Blood runs cold in Westminster as the IfG hands down its annual judgment on government efficiency, the Whitehall Monitor... Read more
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Get with the programme? Johnson’s new era of government
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It’s the second Queens Speech in two months, with perhaps more changes than we expected. Will Boris Johnson’s huge major... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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Getting Away With It? How to scrutinise an all-powerful Government
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Where has all the scrutiny gone, long time passing…? As the Government wields its apparently unassailable majority, who ... Read more
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Reading the runes of Reshuffle Day with Gavin Barwell
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When Sajid Javid quit as Chancellor it served up an unexpected vintage Reshuffle Day. But do big ministerial resignation... Read more
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The Leverage Report
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Who’s really got the whip hand during Britain’s post-Brexit negotiations with the EU? Special guest RACHEL SYLVESTER of ... Read more
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BONUS: Gina Miller – “Parliamentary sovereignty is much more important than Brexit”
BONUS: Gina Miller – “Parliamentary sovereignty is much more important than Brexit”
An extended version of our interview with high-profile Remainer turned constitution campaigner GINA MILLER. She explains... Read more
7 Feb 2020
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BONUS: Gisela Stuart – “I didn’t realise how deep the grievance of Remain voters was.”
BONUS: Gisela Stuart – “I didn’t realise how deep the grievance of Remain voters was.”
In an extended version of her interview on this week’s podcast, leading light of Leave GISELA STUART tells Cath Haddon w... Read more
31 Jan 2020
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Home and Huawei: Will Boris pass his first post-Brexit test?
Home and Huawei: Will Boris pass his first post-Brexit test?
As Britain finally leaves the EU, the vastness of the Brexit task ahead becomes clearer. Special guest PETER FOSTER, Eur... Read more
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Revolution Number Ten
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Dominic Cummings wants to make “seismic” changes to the way government works. Can the PM’s supreme advisor pull off such... Read more
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EXTRA: Rutnam vs Patel lays Civil Service/Govt turmoil bare
EXTRA: Rutnam vs Patel lays Civil Service/Govt turmoil bare
The seismic, very public resignation of Home Secretary Priti Patel’s permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam has blown the... Read more
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BONUS: Jonathan Powell – “What I discovered in No.10 is how LITTLE power you have”
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“You need to persuade the Civil Service. Attacking them is not the way to do it.” As Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff during ... Read more
10 Jan 2020
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Border Farce
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Borders is borders? Impact from the EU’s aborted triggering of Article 16 of the NI Protocol continues to reverberate. C... Read more
5 Feb 2021
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Director’s Annual Lecture 2021
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This is an audio recording of an IfG Live EventThe Institute for Government hosted the annual lecture by Bronwen Maddox,... Read more
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IFG LIVE SPECIAL The Brexit deal: An IfG briefing
IFG LIVE SPECIAL The Brexit deal: An IfG briefing
A special cross-post from our IFG LIVE feed. The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement was published on Christmas Eve, j... Read more
28 Dec 2020
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Outsourcing the Death Star: What fiction and fantasy can teach us about government
Outsourcing the Death Star: What fiction and fantasy can teach us about government
We’ve all had quite enough reality for one year. In an IfG Christmas special, we ask what fictional and fantasy worlds c... Read more
24 Dec 2020
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A Hard Cain’s Gonna Fall
A Hard Cain’s Gonna Fall
What does the defenestration of Lee Cain from No.10 mean for the Vote Leave faction that got Johnson into power? Who are... Read more
12 Nov 2020
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