INSIDE BRIEFING with Institute for Government Podcast
1) Keir Starmer and the cost of security
The conflict in the Middle East has already seen Keir Starmer fall out with Donald Trump - but will the economic fallout of war cause even bigger problems for the government? Former government advis...Show More
2) International Women's Day special: The inside story of life as an MP
What it is really like to be an MP in 2026? How unusual is the life of a politician? How does power work in parliament? And how can MPs try to have an impact from government or the opposition benches?...Show More
3) Trump vs Iran: Is the UK ready for war?
The Middle East is at war - but how does the conflict end and what role will the UK play? Sir Alex Younger, the former head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) joins the podcast team to discuss w...Show More
4) Trump vs Iran: Is the UK ready for war?
The Middle East is at war - but how does the conflict end and what role will the UK play? Sir Alex Younger, the former head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) joins the podcast team to discuss w...Show More
5) Will Rachel Reeves spring a forecast surprise?
Fire up the forecasts. Read up on the rules. Study the spending plans. And get ready for Rachel Reeves' big day in Parliament. Rupert Harrison, former chief of staff to George Osborne, joins the Insid...Show More
6) All roads lead to Romeo
Antonia Romeo has been appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary and is the first woman to hold the post. So what can she do to turn the civil service, and perhaps the government, around? Keir Starmer's...Show More
7) Resets and resignations: Starmer's worst week yet
Former Downing Street chief of staff Gavin Barwell joins the podcast to discuss another explosive week at the heart of government. On Sunday afternoon the prime minister’s chief of staff and closest...Show More
8) Keir Starmer's Mandelson Scandal
The revelations about what contact Peter Mandelson had with Jeffrey Epstein, what the government knew, and what it did or is now doing about it is the story that is dominating Westminster. The FT’s J...Show More
9) Growth strategy pains, trains and regional deals
Of all its manifesto pledges, missions and milestones, Labour has been most keen to tell the public that it is ‘going for growth’. But does the government have a robust and well thought-through plan t...Show More
10) Starmer’s Trump diplomacy and Darren Jones’s fast fixes
In a week when Donald Trump has been escalating his threats to NATO member states over Greenland, Darren Jones was on the home front ensuring that the government’s desire to transform government was a...Show More