Inside Briefing
The Institute for Government's weekly podcast, hosted by Dr Hannah White.
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Becoming a minister: Part 3 – Working with the civil service
Former ministers share their advice and recommendations for how to get the best out of the civil service.
Becoming a minister: Part 2 – The day-to-day reality
Justine Greening, Andrea Leadsom and George Eustice share their tips for new ministers for managing the demands on their time.
Becoming a minister: Part 1 – The first day
Former ministers George Eustice, Jim Murphy, Andrea Leadsom and Estelle Morris tell us what happens on the first day in post.
Becoming a minister podcast series
In this six-part series, former ministers and civil servants reveal what it is really like to hold ministerial office and how to do the job well.
The Recess Digest
Dominic Grieve and Baroness Armstrong join us to reveal just how switched off parliamentarians can be on their summer break.
Special: Sunak’s ethics plan
Fleur Anderson MP, John Penrose MP and Dr Susan Hawley from Spotlight on Corruption join us to look at the government’s plans to improve standards.
Uxbridge Over Troubled Water?
Will Jennings, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Southampton, joins us after a busy night of polling.
Good chaps and "bad apples"
Rachel Wearmouth of the New Statesman joins us to review Angela Rayner's big speech at the IfG.
Searching for evidence
Tracey Brown, director of Sense about Science, joins the team to interrogate just how effective parliament is at scrutinising policy.
Rishi Sunak and the drip-drip of bad news
ConservativeHome’s Henry Hill joins the podcast team to discuss the latest headache for the prime minister.