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Back to SearchDo They Know It’s Rishmas Time?
Season 1 Episode 73
With eyewatering sums spent on the COVID crisis and Britain facing the lowest growth since the 1700s, will Rishi Sunak’s spending review do enough to…
5 years, 5 months ago
No Such Thing As A Free Relaunch
Season 1 Episode 72
Can Boris Johnson make his reset stick? Will changing his advisors change his problems? Is No.10 getting nervous as the Brexit endgame looms? And wha…
5 years, 5 months ago
A Hard Cain’s Gonna Fall
Season 1 Episode 71
What does the defenestration of Lee Cain from No.10 mean for the Vote Leave faction that got Johnson into power? Who are the Conservatives’ restive ‘…
5 years, 5 months ago
BIDEN HIS TIME: Inside Briefing Extra
Season 1 Episode 70
After an incredible week, and even with votes still being counted, we now know that Joe Biden has won the US presidential election. But Donald Trump …
5 years, 5 months ago
Advice to government in the coronavirus crisis
Season 1 Episode 69
This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event
The announcement of a second England lockdown came following repeated warnings from the UK government…
5 years, 6 months ago
Fate Of The Union
Season 1 Episode 68
As counting continues in the US election, and with both candidates claiming they’ve won, we take a look at the contest so far, and what the result wi…
5 years, 6 months ago
Is Britain’s Circuit Breaking?
Season 1 Episode 67
There’s no escaping COVID19, and with calls for a ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown growing by the day, how is the Government coping as the pressure mounts?…
5 years, 6 months ago
All Disquiet On The Northern Front
Season 1 Episode 66
Who came off worse in the stand-off between Manchester’s Andy Burnham and London, and what does the confrontation say about Westminster’s real attitu…
5 years, 6 months ago
Driven To Tiers
Season 1 Episode 65
First birthday edition! Is Boris Johnson’s tiers-based compromise on fighting COVID worse than simply biting the bullet of a national lockdown? Is We…
5 years, 6 months ago
EXTRA: Brexit – Deal or No Deal?
Season 1 Episode 64
This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event
The UK and EU have agreed to continue the Brexit negotiations in an effort to resolve outstanding iss…
5 years, 6 months ago