Boris’s End Of Term Report

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

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🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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As Parliament breaks up, how will the Government look back on this unique and turbulent term? As Boris Johnson tries to reset his leadership after some missteps and missed opportunities, what are the post-pandemic problems he needs to fix? Two years in, his policy platform has still to take shape, so how long has the Prime Minister got? An IfG panel gets out its red pen to give marks to Johnson: Year Two. “Looking back, it’s quite hard to remember how grim January and February were.” – Joe Marshall “The excuse that ‘we just need to get on and deal with the virus’ just isn’t there anymore.” – Hannah White “Politics is going to unfreeze in the autumn, and a lot of difficult debates are going to re-emerge.” – Alex Thomas Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Hannah White, Alex Thomas, Tom Pope and Joe Marshall. Audio production by Alex Rees. 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, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:14.8	I'm Bronwyn Maddox. Well, schools are out for summer, so is Parliament, but the Prime Minister
0:19.4	is also out of self-isolation,
0:21.3	and this week he marked two years in the job, with MPs retreating back to their constituencies
0:25.8	and many trying to have whatever summer COVID and the weather will allow,
0:30.0	the government now has a chance to take stock.
0:32.5	So it's a great chance for us at the Institute for Government to take stock as well.
0:36.5	Boris Johnson is already trying to reset after a bumpy few weeks,
0:39.3	rising COVID cases, falling poll numbers.
0:41.3	What are the problems he needs to fix?
0:43.3	We're going to discuss the big issues that have dominated the last few months,
0:47.3	the winners and the losers, and the lessons for government.
0:50.3	And with the government delaying policy decisions on social care and pensions until the autumn,
0:55.4	and much of its manifesto still to take shape, what are the big topics we should expect to dominate
1:00.6	when Parliament and the ever-eventful party conference season returns in September?
1:05.8	Will it be what the government wants or what it can no longer avoid?
1:10.0	Well, to delve into all of this, I've got a fantastic
1:12.7	IFG team with me. Hannah White's, our deputy director, leads our work on Parliament. Hi, Hannah. Hi,
1:17.6	Bromyn. Thanks for coming. Alex Thomas leads our program on the civil service. Hi, Alex. Hello,
1:22.7	Bromyn. Great to have you with us. Tom Popes, our deputy economist on our public finances team. Tom, thanks for joining. Hi, Bromyn. Good to have you with us. Tom Popes, our Deputy Economist on our public finances team. Tom, thanks for joining.
1:29.7	Hi, Roman. Good to have you. And Joe Marshall is senior researcher on our Brexit team. Joe, hi.
1:35.8	Great to join you, Bowman. Great to have you all here. Well, let's start with some reflections. It's been, again, a hectic few months. We've gone from full lockdown to
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