Working to make government more effective

Working to make government more effective

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Podcast

Starmer’s farmer drama

Tim Ross and Rachel Wearmouth join the podcast team to discuss how Labour returned to power – and how Starmer and his team are now faring.

Keir Starmer has been on his travels again, but it has been a tricky week at home for the government. Tim Ross and Rachel Wearmouth, the authors of a new book on the 2024 general election, join the podcast team to discuss how Labour returned to power – and how Starmer and his team are now faring.

The budget has gone down very badly with Britain’s farm owners. How much worse could things get?

And from bruising encounters to a political bruiser, the former deputy prime minister John Prescott, a key figure in the last Labour government, has died. The pod team look back on Prescott’s legacy.

PLUS: Labour is promising to set up a lot –  17 and counting – of new public bodies. A new IfG report has been tracking their progress – and reveals how to succeed, or not, when setting these bodies up.

What we talked about in this episode

People featured in this episode

Topic
Parliament and the constitution Public finances Public bodies Regulation
Keywords
New government Agriculture Budget Tax Economy Public spending Arm's-length bodies
Political party
Labour
Position
Prime minister Chancellor of the exchequer
Administration
Starmer government
Department
Number 10 HM Treasury
Public figures
Keir Starmer Rachel Reeves
Publisher
Institute for Government

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