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Expert Factor: Policy Festival 2024 Special
In this special recording for this year’s Policy Festival, Hannah, Anand and Paul explore how policy is made (and could be made better).
Has the Conservative Party worked out why it lost the general election?
Hannah, Paul and Anand are in Birmingham to explore what the Conservative Party Conference tells us about how the party might govern differently.
Is there a better way for government to approach benefits?
The Expert Factor team discuss the government's approach for bringing the benefits bill down.
Starmer’s freebie row: How can we fix standards and ethics in public life?
The IfG’s standards expert Tim Durrant joins The Expert Factor to explore how how the standards system works
How do National Wealth Funds really work (and why do they sometimes go wrong)?
Top macroeconomist, finance expert, development specialist and sustainability adviser Sony Kapoor joins us to explain how National Wealth Funds work.
What happens next in British politics?
The Expert Factor team return to the studio after summer recess to bring you a preview of what might happen next in British politics.
Deliberative democracy: Is it time to let citizens decide policy?
Polly Curtis, CEO of the think tank Demos, joins The Expert Factor team to dive into the world of policymaking
What lessons should the government learn from the riots?
Nazir Afzal, former Chief Crown Prosecutor and Chief Executive of the country’s Police & Crime Commissioners, joins The Expert Factor team this week
Can the government really deliver clean power by 2030?
Nick Butler, a top energy consultant and economist, joins the Expert Factor to explain what the government is trying to do and whether it will work.
What is in Rachel Reeves’ £22bn black hole plan?
Anand, Hannah and Paul explore what Reeves is trying to do, and try to make sense of some of the decisions she made this week.