250th EPISODE: Many unhappy returns? Rishi Sunak one year in

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

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🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Rishi Sunak has clocked up 365 days as Prime Minister – but is the anniversary a cause for celebration or just a moment of relief? Politico’s Dan Bloom joins the podcast team to weigh up Sunak’s first year in the job, assess his achievements and failures and how he has surprised us, and explore what might come next. From the man in Number 10 to a woman who might fancy a tilt at the top job… Rachel Reeves enjoyed a successful Labour conference, and this week the Shadow Chancellor launched her new book – which has already caused some controversy – at the IfG. The podcast team take a look at Reeves’s ambitions and challenges, as well as an increasingly complicated party problem for Keir Starmer. With Hannah White, Cath Haddon and Giles Wilkes. Produced by Milo Hynes 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. So Rishi Sunak has made it to a year in Downing Street. He comfortably
0:19.6	outlasted Liz Truss and any rival Lettuces.
0:22.6	He's also gone past Douglas Hume, Bonne Law and Pitt the Elder.
0:26.6	But how have those first 365 days actually worked out? What has Sunak achieved?
0:31.6	How has he surprised us? And what might the next year hold?
0:35.6	And from the man in number 10 to a woman who one day might fancy a tilt at the job.
0:40.3	Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, enjoyed a successful Labour conference this year,
0:43.3	with a speech that had many commentators and party members wondering if this was a future party leader in the making.
0:49.3	And she's also written a book which she launched this week at the IFG.
0:52.3	We're going to discuss what
0:54.2	Reeves Anomics really is and what Rachel Reeves wants to do differently. I'm joined in the
0:58.6	studio by my IFG colleague and a one-time advisor in number 10, Giles Wilkes. Hi, Charles. Good morning,
1:04.2	Hannah. And Kath Haddon is back to you. Hi, Kath. Hi, Hannah. And I'm delighted to be joined again by Politico's Dan Bloom, one of the masterminds of their
1:11.5	essential morning playbook.
1:13.2	Hi, Dan, I imagine it's been a long day already.
1:15.9	Hi, Hannah.
1:16.6	Let's start with the Sunak anniversary.
1:18.5	A year in office is not to be sniffed at these days.
1:21.1	Dan, will Sunak be celebrating or just feeling a bit relieved?
1:24.5	Well, judging by the performances of last year, he could probably be celebrating just
1:28.6	lasting this long, let alone anything else.
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