Starmer’s Farmer Drama

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Keir Starmer has been on his travels again, but it has been a tricky week at home for the government. Tim Ross and Rachel Wearmouth, the authors of new book Landslide: The Inside Story of the 2024 Election, join the podcast team to discuss how Labour returned to power – and how Starmer and his team are faring. The Budget has gone down very badly with Britain’s farm owners and a private members’ bill on assisted dying is posing a big headache for Starmer. How much worse could things get? And from bruising encounters to a political bruiser, the former deputy prime minister John Prescott, a key figure in the last Labour government, has died. The pod team look back on Prescott’s legacy. PLUS: Labour is promising to set up a lot of new public bodies: 17 and counting. A new IfG report has been tracking their progress, and reveals how to succeed, or not, when setting these bodies up. Cath Haddon presents, with Giles Wilkes and Matthew Gill. Produced by Jade Bailey for Podmasters and the IfG. 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.
0:14.5	I'm Catherine Hadden. Kirstama has been on his travels again, heading to Brazil for a G20 summit,
0:20.6	talking to China, talking about
0:22.5	Ukraine. But at home, the headlines are about the use of British missiles by Ukraine and the
0:27.8	protests caused by the government's changes to inheritance tax. Because while we're all used to
0:32.5	culture wars, now we've got the agriculture wars. The budget's inheritance tax changes have gone down very
0:38.7	badly with Britain's farm owners. We'll take a look at the fallout with the farmers. Meanwhile,
0:44.1	from one bruising encounter to a political bruiser, Stama is amongst those playing tribute
0:49.4	to the former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, a key figure in the last Labour government. We'll look back
0:55.8	on Prescott's legacy. And then we'll head deep into IFG territory to explore Labour's promise to set up
1:01.8	17 and counting new public bodies. A new IFG report has been tracking their progress and reveals
1:08.4	how to succeed or not when setting those bodies up.
1:12.3	All that to come.
1:13.6	Joining me in the IFG studio is our senior fellow and economic growth watcher in chief,
1:18.7	and that's Charles Wilkes.
1:19.7	Hi, Giles.
1:20.8	Good morning, Kath.
1:22.2	And I'm really delighted that we are joined today by two guests.
1:26.1	The joint authors of Landslide, a brand new book
1:29.8	telling the inside story of the 2024 general election, and that's journalist Tim Ross and Rachel
1:35.8	Weymouth. Hi, both, and congratulations. Hello, thank you. Hi, thanks for having us on. Pleasure.
1:42.2	Rachel, tell us, how did the book come about?
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