Policy making
Sunak's scorecard and minority reports
Author Tim Bale joins the podcast team to make sense of the prime minister's battles over boats and bust-ups around Brexit.
Non-Dom Status
What does the resignation of Dominic Raab mean? The IfG podcast team react to a dramatic day in Westminster.
Ministers’ fear of nanny statism is constraining effective government action on obesity
Political squeamishness and incoherent policymaking are preventing progress against the government’s obesity targets, argues Sophie Metcalfe.
Tackling obesity
Government squeamishness on tackling obesity will mean higher taxes and lower productivity.
What should succeed the Office for Tax Simplification?
The experience of the OTS shows the UK needs to widen the public debate on tax.
Will the government's 'stop the boats' plan work?
Sunder Katwala from British Future and Madeleine Sumption from the Migration Observatory join us for a deep dive into the government’s asylum plan.
Illegal Migration Bill highlights how expectations of legislative scrutiny have plummeted
Expectations of parliamentary scrutiny of legislation have dropped over the past decade.
The Illegal Migration Bill: seven questions for the government to answer
Seven questions the government needs to answer about the Illegal Migration Bill if it has any chance of helping the PM ‘stop the boats'.
Stop boats, get votes?
Channel 4’s Gary Gibbon joins the IfG podcast team to examine whether the government’s controversial new asylum bill will actually work.
Asylum backlog
The asylum backlog refers to the number of people seeking asylum in the UK who are awaiting a decision on their case.