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Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

How much money are MPs making on top of their day jobs? Who is topping up their earnings? And how much should they be paid? The IfG podcast team are joined by Sky’s deputy political editor Sam Coates, who this week has unveiled some eye-catching findings in his Westminster Accounts project. From one pay dispute to another as strikes continue to hit public services across the country. Is the government any closer to reaching a settlement, and is anti-strike legislation really the right way to go about it? Plus: Are we on the verge of a Brexit breakthrough – and what would that mean for the Northern Ireland protocol and the political stalemate at Stormont? Hannah White presents. With Alice Lilly, Nick Davies and Jess Sargeant 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.
0:13.6	I'm Hannah White. Parliament is back. The House of Commons is up and running and MPs have returned to the day job.
0:19.8	But what about the extra day jobs? Some brand new research spearheaded by Sky News and
0:24.5	tortoise has shone a light on the extra income of MPs. So how much are we talking about?
0:30.5	Does it actually end up in MP's pockets? Who is paying? We're going to be joined by the
0:35.6	journalist who is leading the story. Then we'll turn our attention to people who would like to increase their earning power.
0:41.3	And that's the many public sector workers who are striking over pay.
0:45.3	Is the government any closer to finding a way to settle a whole set of disputes?
0:48.3	And what would its proposed anti-strike legislation look like?
0:52.3	And when is it likely to be on the statue book?
0:55.3	And then we'll go on to a dispute that might, just might be showing signs of heading towards
0:59.6	some sort of resolution. Could the stalemate on the Northern Ireland protocol and on forming
1:04.0	an executive in Northern Ireland really be nearing an end? We will talk to the IFG's resident expert.
1:10.4	Joining me in the IFG studio throughout today's episode is our senior researcher Alice Lili.
1:14.5	Hi Alice.
1:15.0	Hi Hannah.
1:15.6	And I'm delighted to be joined today by Sam Cote's Deputy Political Editor at Sky
1:19.3	and the journalist behind the report into MP's earnings.
1:22.8	Hello there.
1:23.4	Hi Sam.
1:24.6	So let's kick off with the earnings story. Sam, can you just run us through what data you are sharing and what's new about it?
1:32.9	So this week, Sky News and having worked with our partners, Tautus Media, have done quite a lot of different things.
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