Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRishi Sunak’s General Election gamble
Season 1 Episode 288
The wait is over! The election has been called! The countdown to July the 4th starts now. After months of speculation, and a frenzied day of drama in…
1 year, 11 months ago
Starmer steps on Sunak’s toes
Season 1 Episode 287
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer delivered their election pitches to the public this week – the PM with a focus on security and the Labour leader with si…
1 year, 11 months ago
Dover and done with
Season 1 Episode 286
The defection of Dover MP Natalie Elphicke shocked both the Conservatives and, it seems, most of the Labour Party. The FT’s Lucy Fisher joined the po…
1 year, 11 months ago
Local Elections 2024: Swings and roundabouts
Season 1 Episode 285
The Conservatives take a pounding in the local elections and Labour are taking councils in former Brexit heartlands. But there’s a crumb of Tory comf…
2 years ago
The rules of Rishi’s flight club
Season 1 Episode 284
Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Act is finally on the statute book, and the prime minister has promised that – “no ifs, no buts” – flights will be taki…
2 years ago
Trust in government up in smoke?
Season 1 Episode 283
Liz Truss is back, with her new book providing journalists with all sorts of extraordinary insights into her retrospective arguments about why her pr…
2 years ago
Foreign Office Politics
Season 1 Episode 282
Is the Foreign Office still a department built to deliver the UK’s global priorities in the 21st century or is it out of date in the way it looks and…
2 years ago
Rishi Sunak and the Attack of the Cybermen
Season 1 Episode 281
Is China really launching cyberattacks on British politicians and institutions? If so, then how serious is the threat – and what can the government d…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Prime Minister’s plot twists
Season 1 Episode 280
The Spectator’s Isabel Hardman joins the IfG podcast team to discuss Conservative party plots – and weigh up just how much trouble Rishi Sunak is in.…
2 years, 1 month ago
Preparing for Power: Ep 6 – Into Government
Season 1 Episode 279
A general election is getting closer – and whoever forms the next government needs to be prepared. The campaign will dominate time and resources, but…
2 years, 1 month ago