Rishi Sunak’s Growing Pains

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Liz Truss put economic growth front and centre of her premiership, but does Rishi Sunak even have a coherent growth policy? The Guardian’s City Editor Anna Isaac joins the IfG team to go in search of the prime minister’s plan. Could Sunak take a new approach towards Brexit? What exactly is a Swiss-style deal? And is the Conservative Party in the mood for compromise? Plus: What does the Supreme Court verdict mean for SNP’s plans to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence? And: Do Labour’s plans for reforming the House of Lords make sense? Hannah White presents. With Jill Rutter 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. I'm Hannah White.
0:16.1	Have you had enough of World Cup drama, excitement and controversy for one week?
0:20.7	Then it's time for some IFG podcast drama, excitement and controversy for one week, and it's time for some
0:21.4	IFG podcast drama, excitement and controversy instead.
0:24.9	And we've got it all today.
0:26.4	Liz Trust, remember her, made economic growth the big ambition of her brief premiership.
0:31.9	So where's the growth policy now?
0:34.0	Well, there wasn't much in Rishi Sunak's autumn statement, and now the pressure is on the PM to come up with a plan, which could involve Brexit.
0:42.3	Because Brexit is back, well, it never really went away, did it?
0:46.3	And it certainly seems like people are talking about it a bit more. So what is a Swiss deal? Could the UK go for one?
0:53.3	And would the Conservative Party stomach one?
0:56.2	We'll get back in the Brexit trenches and find out. And then we're going to take a closer look at two big constitutional questions that have been making headlines this week.
1:05.4	First, the latest developments in the SMP's quest to hold a referendum on Scottish independence.
1:10.4	We've been here before.
1:12.1	And second, Labour's plans to reform the House of Lords.
1:15.2	We've been there too.
1:16.6	To discuss all this, I'm joined by two star players in the RFG squad.
1:21.2	And that's the senior fellow, Jill Rutter, and senior researcher, Jess Sargent.
1:25.3	Hi, both.
1:26.0	Hi, Hannah.
1:27.1	And I'm delighted that we're joined today by the Guardian City editor, Anna Isaac.
1:31.8	Hi, Anna. How are you?
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