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BONUS: Jonathan Powell – “What I discovered in No.10 is how LITTLE power you have”
Season 1 Episode 13
“You need to persuade the Civil Service. Attacking them is not the way to do it.” As Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff during the New Labour years, Jonatha…
6 years, 3 months ago
Revolution Number Ten
Season 1 Episode 12
Dominic Cummings wants to make “seismic” changes to the way government works. Can the PM’s supreme advisor pull off such radical transformations in s…
6 years, 3 months ago
Get with the programme? Johnson’s new era of government
Season 1 Episode 11
It’s the second Queens Speech in two months, with perhaps more changes than we expected. Will Boris Johnson’s huge majority mean he can deliver on hi…
6 years, 4 months ago
Holyrood vs. Westminster: A Scottish Independence Special Edition
Season 1 Episode 10
PODCAST EXTRA: As the SNP sweeps Scotland in the General Election, can the Union survive? And with Holyrood and Westminster on a collision course, wi…
6 years, 4 months ago
Johnson unbound? Election results special
Season 1 Episode 9
It’s the general election result we half-expected – but few thought it would upset politics on such a seismic scale. Aside from the party tumult, wil…
6 years, 4 months ago
Election: The Final Countdown
Season 1 Episode 8
As the General Election goes down to the wire, we’re joined by special guest Sebastian Payne of the Financial Times to look at campaign control freak…
6 years, 5 months ago
Inside the Manifestos
Season 1 Episode 7
This week on the podcast that explains the way that government works (and why it often doesn’t)...
The IfG team are joined by New Statesman political…
6 years, 5 months ago
A Guide to the Constitutional Galaxy
Season 1 Episode 6
This week on the podcast that takes you inside the way that government works and sometimes doesn’t..
The IfG team are joined by David Allen Green to d…
6 years, 5 months ago
Getting Stuff Done: Why it’s always harder than you think
Season 1 Episode 5
This week on the podcast that takes you inside the way that government works (or doesn’t): Labour has massive plans for Britain but what do they need…
6 years, 5 months ago
A firehose of public spending?
Season 1 Episode 4
This week on the podcast that looks at how Government works, and sometimes doesn’t…
Both major parties are promising massive public spending if they w…
6 years, 6 months ago