Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGovernment Comms in the COVID Crisis
Season 1 Episode 16
With the Government’s Coronavirus communications strategy under heavy criticism, we ask an expert panel, including two former No.10 Directors of Comm…
6 years, 3 months ago
Data Bites #10: Getting things done with data in government
Season 1 Episode 15
This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event. Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinati…
6 years, 3 months ago
Coronavirus and the Devolved Nations
Season 1 Episode 14
How well is the intense cooperation over COVID-19 between Westminster and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland workin…
6 years, 3 months ago
Emergency powers in the Coronavirus crisis
Season 1 Episode 13
From the enforced lockdown to the exit strategy, what powers does the Government need to deal with COVID-19 – and how should it use them? The lo…
6 years, 3 months ago
Coronavirus and English devolution
Season 1 Episode 12
In the week that local and mayoral elections were due to take place across England, before being postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we discus…
6 years, 4 months ago
Lifting lockdown: How to approach a Coronavirus exit strategy
Season 1 Episode 11
How will the government ease the lockdown restrictions? What choices and trade-offs will ministers need to make in order to get the country moving ag…
6 years, 4 months ago
From Walpole to Johnson: 300 years of British Prime Ministers
Season 1 Episode 10
Marking the anniversary of 300 years of British Prime Ministers, Sir Anthony Seldon joins us to look back on the characters and careers, an…
6 years, 4 months ago
Windrush in focus with Wendy Williams
Season 1 Episode 9
HM Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams led the Independent Review into the Windrush Scandal, which concluded that “hundreds, and possibly thousa…
6 years, 4 months ago
Parliament and Coronavirus: democracy in the age of social distancing
Season 1 Episode 8
As the UK parliament begins its unexpected experiment with digital democracy, the IfG is delighted to convene an expert panel to discuss democracy in…
6 years, 4 months ago
Coronavirus and the UK economy: Andy Haldane
Season 1 Episode 7
The COVID crisis is affecting every aspect of the economy, and, uniquely, it’s hitting every country in the world hard at the same time. What can gov…
6 years, 4 months ago