Podcast Episodes

The Impossible Choice

Season 1 Episode 33

To unlock or not to unlock? The government faces a momentous choice of easing the lockdown to resurrect the economy, or keeping it in place to preser…

6 years ago

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Second in Command?

Season 1 Episode 32

Corona is straining Government as never before outside peacetime – and Boris Johnson is still mostly incapacitated. David Lidington, Theresa May’s fo…

6 years ago

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Designated survivors: Who’s in charge?

Season 1 Episode 31

Who takes over when the PM is incapacitated? Can Boris Johnson lead the country from his bedroom? Has COVID given the Civil Service a reprieve from t…

6 years, 1 month ago

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Sunset Clause is coming to town: Inside the Corona Bill

Season 1 Episode 30

That “draconian” Corona Bill: exactly how swingeing are the powers it bestows? And will the Government give them up as fast as they assumed them? Spe…

6 years, 1 month ago

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Coronanomics – “An enormous moral decision”

Season 1 Episode 29

“Change your life. Do everything differently.” Is Government rising to the Corona crisis? How can it ensure that state aid helps employees and busine…

6 years, 1 month ago

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How to handle a national emergency – a special podcast

Season 1 Episode 28

COVID-19 is developing into the biggest threat to public health in a generation. How does government move through the gears when a crisis of this mag…

6 years, 1 month ago

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IfG INTERVIEWS: Julia Gillard, former Australian PM, on women in politics

Season 1 Episode 27

For International Women’s Day on 8 March, Australia’s first – and so far only – female Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD sat down with the IfG’s Director …

6 years, 1 month ago

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Let’s get fiscal: Can Sunak bury Corona in cash?

Season 1 Episode 26

Hey, big spender: was this the Corona budget or the End of Austerity budget? Is Rishi Sunak doing the right thing for businesses that can’t handle th…

6 years, 1 month ago

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IfG INTERVIEWS: David Gauke, former Treasury Secretary and one-man “Gaukward Squad”

Season 1 Episode 25

In the latest of our occasional interviews, former Conservative MP and Treasury Secretary DAVID GAUKE talks to the IfG’s Cath Haddon about what the l…

6 years, 1 month ago

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A matter of life and debt

Season 1 Episode 24

Beyond Brexit, the government begins the colossal task of sorting out UK-EU commerce, a US-UK trade deal… and maybe trade within the UK itself. Forme…

6 years, 2 months ago

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