![Keir Starmer on stage at the Scottish Labour conference in 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_desktop/public/2024-03/keir-starmer-scotlabour-conf-2024-2880px_0.jpg?h=a3d2a8cc&itok=dhW1_XKW)
What do we really know about Keir Starmer?
Tom Baldwin joins the Inside Briefing team to discuss what his new biography of the Labour leader tells us about the man who wants to be the next PM.
What we talked about in this episode
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Islamophobia and anti-Semitism rows highlight the power of parties over political discourse
The Lee Anderson furore is unlikely to be the last of its kind in a general election year.
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Strengthening the UK’s fiscal framework
The UK’s fiscal framework, including a flawed set of rules, incentivises bad policy decisions shaped by short-termism and fictional spending plans.
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Current UK fiscal rules
What are the government’s current fiscal rules and is it on track to meet them?
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
![Dr Catherine Haddon](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_full_width_desktop/public/2022-12/cath-haddon-326x326.jpg?itok=z4FFAIMy)
Catherine Haddon
Programme Director
![Tim Durrant](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_full_width_desktop/public/2022-12/tim-durrant-326x326.jpg?itok=cit5JKFm)
Tim Durrant
Programme Director
![Olly Bartrum](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_full_width_desktop/public/2022-12/olly-bartrum-326x326.jpg?itok=3QVDZ0bm)
Olly Bartrum
Senior Economist