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Replacing a prime minister during a general election campaign
Can a prime minister be replaced during an election campaign?
General election 2024: Seven things we learned from the Conservative manifesto
What is in the Conservative manifesto?
What will happen to taxes after the 2024 general election?
Anand, Paul and Hannah crunch the numbers and tell you what the tax rows are all about.
What is a manifesto?
Manifestos set out the policies a political party would deliver if they were to win a general election.
Delivering a general practice estate that is fit for purpose
The next government must urgently modernise old and cramped NHS GP buildings.
MPs who stood down at the 2024 general election
How many MPs stood down at the general election, and why?
General election 2024: The precarious state of the state
The scale and severity of the problems facing the next government.
Are we selecting the best MPs?
Special guest Isabel Hardman – assistant editor of The Spectator and author – guides our panel through the murky world of candidate selection.
Question time special: What does the election mean for civil servants?
As Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer hit the election campaign trail, what does this frenzied time in British politics mean for civil servants?
Sunak v Starmer: Tax attacks
Full Fact’s Chris Morris joins the IfG podcast to look back on a very noisy TV debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.