A Deal Down Under

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Britain signs its first entirely new post-Brexit trade deal, with Australia. What does it mean for British farmers? Will shoppers notice the savings of 70p per person per year? And will Brits really want to p-p-pick up a Tim-Tam? Will Grant Shapps’ new “Great British Railways” fix the mess of Britain’s trains? Plus, how does Michael Gove plan to transform government – and what is “accountability fudge”? • “In Australia there’s a sense that the deal rights the historic wrong of the UK ‘abandoning’ Australia when it joined the EU.” – Sarah Nickson • “People will be relieved that the Australian deal is done – but it’s not earth-shattering.” – Matthew Gill • “The acid test of Great British Railways is, does it mean we’ll never have a timetabling fiasco again?” – Jill Rutter Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Jill Rutter, Matthew Gill, Sarah Nickson and James Kane. Audio production by Robin Leeburm. Inside Briefing is a Podmasters Production for the IfG. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Winside Briefing, a podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:12.0	I'm Bronwyn Maddox. The great unlockdown has been delayed, but the IFG podcast is bang on time.
0:18.8	So, fire up the Barbie, get feasting on the Tim Thames, the UK is set to sign
0:22.4	a trade agreement with Australia. It's being heralded as a triumph for Global Britain, but is the deal
0:27.4	with our friends down under really something to crow about? We will talk to the IFG's trade expert
0:32.3	to find out more. And from Global Britain to the grandly titled Great British Railways,
0:38.2	government plans are afoot, or on track perhaps, to overhaul Britain's rail network.
0:42.9	So will they work? Who's in charge?
0:45.0	Our delays inevitable? We'll take a look.
0:47.3	And while we're on grand titles, how about this one?
0:49.4	The Declaration on Government Reform.
0:51.6	That's the name of Michael Gove's new paper, setting out his vision, another
0:55.4	one, for overhauling the way the civil service works and the way it works with ministers.
1:00.1	And the IFG is, as you'd expect, taking a very close interest. So we'll see what the Chancellor of
1:05.2	the Duchy of Lancaster, another title, is up to and whether it's a good thing.
1:15.5	I've got a terrific top IFG trio in the virtual studio today, senior fellow and number 10 veteran Jill Rutter. Hi, Jill. Good morning, Brumman.
1:20.8	Very good to have you with us. Matthew Gill, our newest senior fellow and the author of our new
1:25.1	report on the rail reforms is with us as well. Hi, Matthew.
1:33.0	Hi, Bronman. Great to have you. And joining us all the way from Australia again is our senior researcher,
1:38.4	Sarah Nixon. Hi, Sarah. How's life? It's good, thanks, Bronman. A little drizzly and cold, unfortunately.
1:45.2	Well, there's so many times you've beaten us to it. We're not going to cry over that one. Let's start with Australia,
1:50.2	as Liz Trust might well have argued in the cabinet over the last few months. And the trade secretary has clearly won over the doubts of her ministerial colleagues because a trade deal with
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