Election 2024: This Charming Manifesto?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Manifesto week of the general election campaign has seen lots of promises, plenty of policies and even more polling – but whose plans for government actually add up? Kitty Donaldson, chief political commentator of the i paper, is this week’s podcast guest as Inside Briefing weighs up what we learned from the manifesto launches – and what they mean for Rishi Sunak and for Keir Starmer. Hannah White presents, with Alex Thomas. Produced by Milo Hynes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:14.0	I'm Hannah White.
0:15.3	So now we know what a Conservative government would look like if Rishi-Soonak wins the general election.
0:19.8	And what a Labour government would look like if Kirstama is victorious on July 4th?
0:24.6	Or do we?
0:25.6	Well, at least we know a little bit more about what either government might try and do, because this week, both main parties published their manifestos.
0:33.6	Lots of pages, lots of pictures, lots of promises, lots of plans and lots of costings.
0:39.0	But do they make sense?
0:40.8	Do they add up?
0:41.8	Do these manifestos really tell us anything about what the next five years of government
0:45.5	might bring?
0:47.0	And with just three weeks to go until polling day, will the manifestos shift the dial on the
0:51.4	campaign?
0:52.8	Lots to discuss.
0:54.0	Not forgetting the fact that there's some other manifestos will launch this week,
0:57.1	the Lib Dems, Green and Public Library.
0:59.3	And with me to discuss all this throughout will be my IFG colleague Alex Thomas.
1:03.9	Hi Alex.
1:04.8	Hi, Hannah.
1:05.7	And I'm delighted that today we're joined by Kitty Donaldson,
1:08.5	the brand new chief political commentator at the
1:11.0	eye paper.
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