Rachel Reeves takes a gilt trip

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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It has been a tricky couple of days for the chancellor. But how much trouble is Rachel Reeves really in and how much attention should people be paying to the markets? Politico’s Esther Webber joins the podcast team to look at the challenges facing the chancellor. The prime minister tried to inject some optimism into the government’s week with a big announcement on AI, but do his plans compute? And what does the resignation of Tulip Siddiq reveal about how this government understands the way people view ministerial behaviour? PLUS: How big is the civil service? How happy is the civil service? How well does the civil service actually do what it's meant to do? A new IfG report reveals EVERYTHING you need to know. Presented by Hannah White. With Tim Durrant, Giles Wilkes and Jack Worlidge Produced by Candice McKenzie 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.
0:14.2	I'm Hannah White.
0:15.8	Ministers quitting after awkward headlines about ethics and standards,
0:19.6	a chancellor under pressure as the bond market wobbles,
0:22.9	and a Prime Minister staring at poll ratings that don't bring much in the way of comfort.
0:27.1	It's all looking a little bit 2022, isn't it? So that's probably why the Prime Minister is doing his
0:33.8	best to look to the future. Kirstalmer' big speech on AI was meant to set the agenda
0:39.0	for the week. But instead, the resignation of Tulip Sadiq and awkward questions over the future of
0:43.9	Chancellor Rachel Reeves have dogged the PM's week. We'll take a look at the state of play.
0:50.1	And then we'll take a look at a set of problems that are familiar to this government, the last
0:53.9	government and well, many governments.
0:55.5	The latest edition of the IFG's annual data-driven stock take of the size, shape and performance
1:01.0	of the civil service, Whitehall Monitor, is out now.
1:05.0	And we find that Labour's hopes of rewiring Whitehall won't go anywhere unless it sorts
1:09.6	out issues like pay, turnover, morale and more.
1:14.4	Joining me throughout is IFG Senior Fellow and Growth Watcher-in-Chief, Charles Wilkes.
1:19.0	Hi, Charles.
1:20.0	Great to be here, Hannah.
1:21.3	And also here is Jack Wurledge, our senior researcher and author of Whitehall Monitor.
1:25.4	Jack, you've been crunching a lot of data.
1:27.6	Are you glad to have emerged from the Whitehall Monitor tunnel?
1:31.1	It's always good to see Whitehall Monitor out and I'm just about still here.
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