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Season 1 Episode 53
The Government’s emergency Spanish quarantine: decisive action, poor planning or a failure to understand what working life is really like? With the i…
5 years, 9 months ago
Civil Service: Is a Hard Rain really gonna fall?
Season 1 Episode 52
Reforming the Civil Service is the biggest of Big Asks. Can Dominic Cummings pull off his radical plans in the middle of a once-in-a-century health c…
5 years, 9 months ago
Huawei, Lewis And The News
Season 1 Episode 51
Britain’s decision to rip out Huawei kit from our mobile network by 2027 has set the Government on a collision course with China. Who forced this dec…
5 years, 9 months ago
Rishi’s Groupon Gamble
Season 1 Episode 50
Is Rishi Sunak’s colossal £30bn package of jobs stimulus, training subsidy, VAT cuts and stamp duty changes be enough to stave off a COVID crash? And…
5 years, 9 months ago
SIR BERNARD JENKIN on the Civil Service’s turbulent week
Season 1 Episode 49
Sir Bernard Jenkin, chairman of the Commons Liaison Committee, discusses a turbulent week for the Civil Service, Mark Sedwill’s departure as cabinet …
5 years, 10 months ago
A Good Year For The Roosevelts
Season 1 Episode 48
Is Build Build Build just Talk Talk Talk? With its £5bn shopping list of infrastructure spending, is Boris Johnson’s so-called New Deal really as big…
5 years, 10 months ago
Resign o’the Times: Mark Sedwill departs
Season 1 Episode 47
Sir Mark Sedwill’s departure as Cabinet Secretary after weeks of sniping has startled Westminster, with many fingers pointing at Dominic Cummings. No…
5 years, 10 months ago
Let’s Go Outside?
Season 1 Episode 46
There’s a new three-word slogan in town: “Build, build, build.” As the Government unlocks more sectors of public life, Boris Johnson is keen to final…
5 years, 10 months ago
U-Turn When You Don’t Want To
Season 1 Episode 45
How did the Government end up completely wrong-footed by a footballer in the issue of extending free school meals? Are ministers getting broad enough…
5 years, 10 months ago
COVID: You do the Aftermath
Season 1 Episode 44
Is the Government running scared of a full public inquiry into the Coronavirus crisis? When and how should it happen and what questions should it ask…
5 years, 10 months ago