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How can we make government work more effectively? What are Brexit and the current political tumult doing to our institutions? Is Britain's Constitution able to withstand the strains of 21st...
After avoiding an ethics inquiry into the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal, what can Keir Starmer do to get the government agenda back on tra...
Seven days in, Westminster is still consumed by the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal. The PM has had his say. Olly Robbins - the permanent se...
The government is reeling from the revelation that Peter Mandelson was appointed as UK ambassador to the US despite having failed a security...
"We are underprepared. We are underinsured. We are under attack. We are not safe." George Robertson, former defence secretary and co-author...
Oil is in short supply as the Middle East conflict continues. Donald Trump has told the UK to “build up some delayed courage, go to the Stra...
What should the government do about overseas election funding and cryptocurrency donations? Philip Rycroft, who ran the newly-published Rycr...
As war in the Middle East disrupts energy markets across the world, what are the implications for households and businesses in the UK and ho...
How prepared is the government - and how healthy is the economy - for dealing with another energy bill crisis? The podcast team review the p...
The conflict in the Middle East has already seen Keir Starmer fall out with Donald Trump - but will the economic fallout of war cause even b...
What it is really like to be an MP in 2026? How unusual is the life of a politician? How does power work in parliament? And how can MPs try...
The Middle East is at war - but how does the conflict end and what role will the UK play? Sir Alex Younger, the former head of the Secret In...
Fire up the forecasts. Read up on the rules. Study the spending plans. And get ready for Rachel Reeves' big day in Parliament. Rupert Harris...
Antonia Romeo has been appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary and is the first woman to hold the post. So what can she do to turn the civil...
Former Downing Street chief of staff Gavin Barwell joins the podcast to discuss another explosive week at the heart of government. On Sunday...
The revelations about what contact Peter Mandelson had with Jeffrey Epstein, what the government knew, and what it did or is now doing about...
Of all its manifesto pledges, missions and milestones, Labour has been most keen to tell the public that it is ‘going for growth’. But does...
In a week when Donald Trump has been escalating his threats to NATO member states over Greenland, Darren Jones was on the home front ensurin...
Drop the excuses culture. Stop complaining about civil servants. And just get it right the first time rather than repeatedly u-turning. Wes...
With US military strikes on Venezuela dominating headlines, Lawrence Freedman joins the podcast team to ask what Donald Trump's foreign plan...
A year is a long time in the podcasting world, especially for podcasts keeping a close eye on the highs, lows, trials and tribulations of go...
According to the Washington Post, Donald Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims during his first term as US president – and Trump 2.0...
The government announced that elections for new mayors in four regions will now be delayed. Voters in Greater Essex, Sussex and Brighton, Ha...
The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has gone, the Chancellor is being accused of misleading the public. So how did that budget...
Just hours after Rachel Reeves sets out the budget to parliament, this webinar brought together a team of Institute for Government (IfG) exp...
Scotland is just six months away from May’s crucial parliamentary election, with First Minister John Swinney preparing to lead the SNP into...
The First Minister for Scotland joined the Inside Briefing team to discuss football, the political context in Scotland ahead of the UK budge...
Ambitious Labour politicians might or might not be eyeing up the top job. No. 10 isn’t working well. The Prime Minister is on the defensive....
Taxes set to rise? Spending set to be cut? Promises to be kept – or maybe broken? Whatever chancellors choose to reveal on budget day, it’s...
The Home Office is not fit for purpose. At least that’s the verdict of the home secretary. So what’s the problem and how can it be fixed? Fo...
Prisons nearly bursting. Court cases backlogged. Prisoners released early. It couldn’t happen again, could it? Former BBC journalist and Lab...
With the prime ministers facing awkward questions over the collapse of the Chinese spy case, the Guardian’s Gaby Hinsliff joins the podcast...
Lagging well behind Reform in the polls and bruised by a series of defections, the Conservative Party was in low spirits as it gathered for...
The gloves are off. And it's a fight for the soul of our country. So says Keir Starmer. So how is he planning to win it? Sophie Stowers of M...
Labour is heading back to Liverpool for its annual conference, so what does Keir Starmer need to do to lift the party’s spirits and get some...
The US president is in town. And the timing could probably hardly be worse for a prime minister still reeling from his sacking of Peter Mand...
Peter Mandelson has been sacked as the UK’s ambassador the US. But what does his downfall say about Keir Starmer’s judgment in making appoin...
Phase one is complete. Phase two begins. And it’s all about delivery. But just how hard is it for governments to do the delivery bit of gove...
The party conference countdown has begun, and the Westminster Village is set to decamp to Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bournemouth and...
All governments face crises, from floods and diseases to riots and terrorist attacks. So how can ministers lead during these unexpected even...
Being a minister is a job like no other. No briefing, no training and, sometimes, no warning – from day one a new minister could find themse...
What is it really like to govern in summer? Who is in charge when ministers leave Westminster? And what happens when, as it so often does, t...
Kemi Badenoch has completed one. Keir Starmer is rumoured to be lining one up. Yes reshuffles, or rumours of ministerial reshuffles, are nev...
Partygate, revolving doors, freebiegate and cash for questions... stories about misbehaviour in public life are never far away, and this wee...
The Afghan data leak – and the unprecedented superinjunction which followed – has dominated the week in Westminster. The FT’s Lucy Fisher –...
The Prime Minister has racked up the visits, tours and summits over the last year, but this week he turned host and invited President Macron...
It is one year since the general election brought Labour back to government and since Keir Starmer walked into Number 10. Instead of a smoot...
The government’s controversial plans to cut the welfare budget have caused serious disquiet on the Labour benches. Luke Sullivan, former pol...
To conclude the IfG’s conference on the Nolan Principles, our panel will discuss the impact of the Nolan Principles in public life today. Ho...
With conflict in the Middle East is dominating the headlines, the New Statesman’s Rachel Cunliffe joins the podcast team to explore Keir Sta...
It’s the morning after one of (perhaps the) most significant days in this government’s lifetime to date. Gideon Skinner of IPSOS joins the p...