Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.

I'm Hannah White. The horrific attacks in Southport last August stunned the entire country.

And this week the details of how

Axel Ruda-Kabana, the attacker, plotted his attack, and forced the government into action.

And tech firms are firmly in the spotlight. We're going to assess the PM's response and his

plan of action. The government had some more positive tech announcements to make this week, too,

with Peter Kyle, the Secretary of State for Science, setting out grand plans for overhauling digital

services in an attempt to boost productivity.

So is the tech going to work.

And then we'll reflect on a big week for the Treasury.

The Chancellor is in Davos.

The Chief Secretary took a trip to somewhere, rather less chilly, but surely no less influential.

That's the IFG.

And we will discuss Darren Jones's big keynote speech at our conference here on Tuesday.

All that to come.

Joining me throughout is IFG senior researcher Cassia Rowland.

Hi, Cassia.

Hi, Hannah.

IFG Deputy Economist and keen-eyed spending

review watcher Tom Pope is also here. Hi, Tom. Hi, Hannah. And I'm delighted that we are

joined again by Kieran Martin, the former CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre. Hello,

Karen. Hi, Hannah. So, let's begin by reflecting on the PM's response to what we now know about the awful Southport killings. Kirstama has attempted to put the government on the front foot with a statement outside number 10 on Tuesday, where he announced that terrorism has changed and that Britain faced a new and dangerous threat from extreme

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