Inside Briefing
The Institute for Government's weekly podcast, hosted by Dr Hannah White.
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Keir and present danger
The House Magazine’s Sienna Rodgers joins the Inside Briefing team to explore a question that, unfortunately for Keir Starmer, is not going away.
Winter fuel of discontent
The podcast team discuss Labour's early release scheme and the row about the decision to cut winter fuel payments.
Decades of failure by central government
Sam Coates of Sky News joins the podcast team to discuss the findings of the Grenfell inquiry, and what happens next.
Starmer looks back in anger
The Guardian’s Jess Elgot joins the podcast team to respond to Keir Starmer’s speech – and look ahead to Monday’s return of parliament.
Appointments of contention
ConservativeHome's Henry Hill joins this week's Inside Briefing to discuss Starmer's latest appointments.
Does Sam Freedman have a plan to fix the failed state?
Sam Freedman, IfG senior fellow, joins Hannah White to discuss his new book, 'Failed State: Why nothing works and how to fix it'.
The politics of the Olympic Games
David Runciman returns to discuss the ever-changing relationship between sport and the Olympics that has defined over a century of successful games.
SpAdcast: What is it really like to be a special adviser? Episode 4: Moving on
In this final episode, we look at how SpAd careers end. And our interviewees reflect on their time in government.
The chancellor's statement of intent
Sonia Khan, a former Treasury special adviser, joins the IfG podcast team to discuss the politics of spending reviews.
SpAdCast: What is it really like to be a special adviser? Episode 3: Beyond the department
How special advisers' relationships with No.10 and the Treasury work.