Working to make government more effective

Working to make government more effective

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons to attend the Prime Minister's Questions
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How will Starmer rate his ministers?

Adam Payne, Editor of PoliticsHome, joins us to discuss whether a reshuffle is a good way to inject energy into a not-so-new government.

It is one year since the 2024 general election campaign kicked off and already reshuffle rumours are doing the rounds. Adam Payne, Editor of PoliticsHome, joins us to discuss whether a reshuffle is a good way to inject energy into a not-so-new government or risks knocking it off course.

The spending review is looming, and in time-honoured tradition the final negotiations are playing out in the media. We will look at what lies behind these stories and what being in a spending review is really like.

Plus: We look back at some of the ministers who left government in 2024, who shared their reflections with us in our latest Ministers Reflect interviews.

What we talked about in this episode

People featured in this episode

Topic
Ministers Public finances
Keywords
Government reshuffle General election 2024 Spending review Economy Tax Public spending
Political party
Labour Conservative
Position
Prime minister Chancellor of the exchequer Minister of state
Administration
Starmer government Sunak government Truss government Johnson government May government Cameron government
Department
Number 10 HM Treasury
Series
Ministers Reflect
Public figures
Keir Starmer Rachel Reeves
Publisher
Institute for Government

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