Working to make government more effective

Working to make government more effective

Remedial work being carried out at Mayflower Primary School in Leicester, which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
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Concrete evidence

The Guardian’s Aletha Adu joins the IfG podcast team to run the rule over the new shadow cabinet.

Keir Starmer has reshuffled his team of shadow ministers. So who’s up? Who’s down? Is this the march of the Blairites? And what does the reshuffle reveal about Starmer’s plans for the general election campaign – or for government should Labour win? The Guardian’s Aletha Adu joins the IfG podcast team to run the rule over the new shadow cabinet.

The concrete crisis in schools has placed education secretary Gillian Keegan under pressure – with the education secretary’s comments also landing her in hot water. So who is to blame, how has the government handled the fallout, and how could the problem be fixed?

PLUS: A very bad week for Birmingham City Council. So why are city councils running out of money? What does it mean for the people who live there? And how can the government make sure this doesn’t happen again?

What we talked about in this episode

People featured in this episode

Topic
Parliament and the constitution Ministers Public services
Keywords
Official opposition Shadow cabinet Government reshuffle Schools Public spending Public sector Local government Spending review Budget
Political party
Labour Conservative
Position
Leader of the opposition Deputy leader of the opposition
Administration
Sunak government
Department
Department for Education Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Public figures
Keir Starmer Angela Rayner Gillian Keegan
Publisher
Institute for Government

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