Working to make government more effective

Working to make government more effective

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to the media at a rally following Scottish Labour's win in Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election
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The start of the Keir show

The New Statesman’s Anoosh Chakelian and Josh Simons, director of Labour Together, join the IfG team ahead of Labour's annual conference.

How will Keir Starmer respond to Rishi Sunak’s ambitious pitch to be the “change” candidate at the next general election? The New Statesman’s Anoosh Chakelian and Josh Simons, director of Labour Together, are the guests on this week’s Inside Briefing as the podcast crew preview Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool. 

Will the Labour leader add detailed policies to his big five missions? Will there be policy U-turns – or will we see more barnacles being carefully removed from the boat? And what challenges – or traps – has Rishi Sunak set out for Labour on HS2 and net zero? 

What we talked about in this episode

People featured in this episode

Topic
Policy making Public finances Net zero
Keywords
Party conferences Official opposition General election High Speed 2 Infrastructure Transport Climate change
Political party
Labour Conservative
Position
Prime minister Leader of the opposition
Administration
Sunak government
Public figures
Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer
Publisher
Institute for Government

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