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Back to SearchEXTRA: Tony Blair on Coronavirus one year on
Season 1 Episode 93
As we pass a year since the first case of Covid-19 was reported in the UK, the Institute for Government is delighted to welcome Tony Blair, Executive…
5 years, 2 months ago
Blind Dates
Season 1 Episode 92
Is new-look, cautious Boris Johnson’s step-by-step plan for unlocking too timid, or is it over-optimistic? Are vaccine passports workable, let alone …
5 years, 2 months ago
Lifting lockdown 2021
Season 1 Episode 91
Ahead of the Prime Minister producing his new ‘roadmap’, we discuss the plans, priorities and politics for lifting the lockdown. Does the government …
5 years, 2 months ago
Sundown for Lockdown?
Season 1 Episode 90
As the Government prepares for the huge leap of unlocking, can it manage expectations from both a weary public and its own restive MPs? Rishi Sunak i…
5 years, 2 months ago
What next for the NHS?
Season 1 Episode 89
The government has published its plans for reform of the NHS, with the first health service white paper in a decade setting out a series of major ref…
5 years, 2 months ago
Welcome To The Hotel Quarantina
Season 1 Episode 88
Will the Government’s draconian plans for quarantine for travellers really work? How can ten years in prison and £10,000 fines be proportionate to th…
5 years, 2 months ago
Border Farce
Season 1 Episode 87
Borders is borders? Impact from the EU’s aborted triggering of Article 16 of the NI Protocol continues to reverberate. Could the UK government really…
5 years, 3 months ago
COVID: Why won’t the Government learn?
Season 1 Episode 86
If now is not the time to learn lessons from the COVID crisis, when is? We’re joined by writer, broadcaster and host of the Rock’n’Roll Politics podc…
5 years, 3 months ago
Director’s Annual Lecture 2021
Season 1 Episode 85
This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event
The Institute for Government hosted the annual lecture by Bronwen Maddox, its director.
In her speech, …
5 years, 3 months ago
No.10’s Command and Control Problem – plus Biden and Britain
Season 1 Episode 84
What’s the reality of No.10’s control over government? Is our supposedly superpowered centre really strong enough to command all the organs of state?…
5 years, 3 months ago