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Concrete evidence
The Guardian’s Aletha Adu joins the IfG podcast team to run the rule over the new shadow cabinet.
What we talked about in this episode
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This should be Labour's last pre-election reshuffle
Keir Starmer has made some big changes to Labour's shadow ministerial team.
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School concrete crisis shows the danger of short-term capital budget thinking
Capital budgets need to be made less prone to unpredictability.
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Birmingham’s budget woes should be a warning to government – or other councils could follow suit
The government should take action on systematic failures in local government finance.
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Local government funding in England
How local government is funded in England and how it has changed since 2010.
People featured in this episode
![Dr Hannah White](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_full_width_desktop/public/2022-12/hannah-white-326x326.jpg?itok=EIupRXZZ)
Hannah White
Director and CEO
![Nick Davies](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_full_width_desktop/public/2022-12/nick-davies-326x326.jpg?itok=2gQtLNx3)
Nick Davies
Programme Director
![Sam Freedman](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_full_width_desktop/public/2023-01/sam-freedman-326x326px.jpg?itok=qvGNdSsZ)
Sam Freedman
Guest author