Concrete Evidence

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Keir Starmer has reshuffled his team of shadow ministers. So who’s up? Who’s down? Is this the march of the Blairites? And what does the reshuffle reveal about Starmer’s plans for the general election campaign – or for government should Labour win? The Guardian’s Aletha Adu joins the IfG podcast team to run the rule over the new shadow cabinet. The concrete crisis in schools has placed education secretary Gillian Keegan under pressure – with the education secretary’s comments also landing her in hot water. So who is to blame, how has the government handled the fall-out, and how could the problem be fixed? PLUS: A very bad week for Birmingham City Council. So why are city councils running out of money? What does it mean for the people who live there? And how can the government make sure this doesn’t happen again? Hannah White presents. With Nick Davies and Sam Freedman. 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. I'm Hannah White.
0:15.2	It's record-breakingly hot outside, actually pretty hot in the studio too, and politics is hotting up as well. So fix yourself
0:21.8	a nice cool drink and join us trying to make sense of a week that's definitely brought the summer
0:25.7	holidays to a close. Kirstama has reshuffled his Labour shadow ministerial team. So who's in,
0:31.8	who's out? And what does it tell us about his plans for the election campaign? And maybe for
0:36.2	government. Julian Keegan, the Education Secretary, has also been feeling the heat
0:40.0	and facing difficult questions over the ongoing concrete crisis in schools
0:44.6	and coming up with some rather colourful comments.
0:47.4	We'll take a look at the problem and where it might go next.
0:50.0	And then we'll head up to the Midlands and take a look at what's gone wrong
0:52.9	at Birmingham City Council,
0:54.8	which this week declared itself effectively bankrupt. So what went wrong? Could it happen elsewhere?
1:00.1	And what will it mean for the debate over giving power away from Westminster?
1:03.6	I'm delighted to be joined by an excellent team to discuss all these issues. My RFG colleague,
1:09.3	Nick Davies, who's Program Director for our Public Services work, is here in the studio with meG colleague, Nick Davies, whose programme director for our public
1:11.3	services work, is here in the studio with me. Hi, Nick. How are you? I am very well.
1:16.3	And we're joined again by IFG Senior Fellow and former Government Advisor Sam Friedman. Hi, Sam.
1:21.9	Hello. And I'm delighted that Alita Addu, political correspondent at The Guardian, is here to make her
1:26.6	IFG podcast debut. Hi, Alita. Have you political correspondent at The Guardian, is here to make her IFG podcast debut.
1:28.4	Hi Alita. Have you had a busy return to Parliament?
1:30.8	Hello. Yes. It's been an extremely busy week.
1:34.9	Back to Earth with a bang, I think. Well, last week we began talking about Rishi Sunak's
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