Ministers
Getting things done in government
Key lessons from former ministers on how to be effective in government.
Helen Liddell
Baroness Liddell discusses entering government in 1997, the challenges of running the Scotland Office and transitioning from government to diplomacy.
George Eustice
George Eustice reflects on his time in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Preparing a shadow ministerial team for office
What the last two changes of government tell us about effective transitions.
Sunak's little local difficulties and Starmer's big local victories
The Guardian’s Rafael Behr joins the podcast team to crunch the numbers and examine what the local election results mean for Sunak and Starmer.
Civil service politicisation is the wrong answer to the wrong question
Politicisation of the civil service is a solution that risks neither fixing its problems nor delivering its supposed advantages.
Scapegoats or snowflakes? The future of the civil service
The IfG podcast team asks what Dominic Raab's resignation means for the future of the civil service.
Matt Warman
Matt Warman discusses being an expert minister, how to navigate ‘caretaker’ government and receiving an apology for being sacked by Boris Johnson.
Rishi Sunak’s response to Dominic Raab’s resignation won’t improve ministerial-civil service relations
Rishi Sunak has missed an opportunity to reinforce standards in government.
Raab’s resignation should lead to reform of the complaints process against ministers
The review of complaints against the former justice secretary exposes deep flaws in how the government deals with poor ministerial behaviour.