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Artificial intelligence: how is the government approaching regulation?
What is the government doing to regulate artificial intelligence, and how is it ensuring alignment with other countries?
Many unhappy returns? Rishi Sunak one year in
Politico’s Dan Bloom joins the podcast team to weigh up Sunak’s first year in the job and assess his achievements and failures.
Rishi Sunak’s AI summit is a bold gamble
The PM deserves credit for attempting global leadership in a key area for the UK.
Rishi Sunak’s first year as prime minister: the IfG verdict
How has Rishi Sunak fared in his first 365 days as the UK’s prime minister? The IfG expert team weigh up the progress he has – or has not – made.
Rishi Sunak's double trouble
The Financial Times' Lucy Fisher joins the podcast team to react to Labour's double by-election win.
Why is the UK so bad at infrastructure?
The Expert Factor team take a deep dive into what goes wrong when the UK wants to build big things.
The European Convention on Human Rights: leave or stay? You decide
The question of whether to leave or stay in the ECHR is live again (when is it not?)
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper chamber of the UK parliament. But what does it do?
Mystery date: when is the right time to call a general election?
Inside Briefing brings together three veterans of elections to look back on their experiences and discuss what might happen next.
Francis Maude’s review of Whitehall should lead to cross-party agreement on civil service reform
Leaked proposals for a new settlement for ministers and civil servants are mostly to be welcomed.