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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.
What we talked about in this episode
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General election July 2024: What happens next?
The prime minister has called an election for Thursday 4 July 2024.
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Sunak, Starmer and the IfG agree: we need change at the general election
A return to stability would mean a transformational change to the way government works.
People featured in this episode
![Tim Durrant](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_full_width_desktop/public/2022-12/tim-durrant-326x326.jpg?itok=cit5JKFm)
Tim Durrant
Programme Director