Policy making
Government 2025: IfG's annual conference
The IfG will bring together influential speakers and experts to explore the key questions for government in 2025.
‘Get Britain Working’ white paper: a bold plan, but will it work?
The government’s plans to tackle worklessness risk being overshadowed by serious policy tensions.
Cabi-not yet secretary
The Guardian’s Rafal Behr joins the podcast team to speculate about who might get the cabinet secretary job – and what they need to do.
Diversity in the civil service
Promoting diversity and inclusion has been a priority for the civil service leadership.
Donald Trump's team calls
Kim Darroch, the UK's former ambassador to the US, joins us to make sense of what could be some jaw-dropping appointments to Trump's administration.
What does Donald Trump’s election really mean for the UK?
Hannah, Paul and Anand assemble in the podcast studio to make sense of some of the many questions facing the UK since Donald Trump's election triumph.
Lords reform: How to turn manifesto promises into tangible results
What the government can learn from successive attempts at Lord reform for its Hereditary Peers Bill.
Independent review of sentencing: How to turn manifesto promises into tangible results
What the government can learn from New Labour’s pensions review for its sentencing review.
GB Energy: How to turn manifesto promises into tangible results
What the government can learn from the Green Investment Bank and UK Infrastructure Bank.
The path to clean power is clearer – and clearly demanding
The clean power mission continues to show the most progress (at least publicly) of all the government missions.