Dover and done with

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The defection of Dover MP Natalie Elphicke shocked both the Conservatives and, it seems, most of the Labour Party. The FT’s Lucy Fisher joined the podcast team to weigh up another a big twist in the Westminster soap opera. Meanwhile a massive government data breach has sent Whitehall into a panic. But how big is the problem, who is responsible and how can this type of thing be stopped? Also, how to complete the half-done job of English devolution? A new IfG report has a plan. Plus: Who really runs Whitehall? Another IfG report reveals everything you need to do know about the country’s top civil servants. Hannah White presents. With Cath Haddon, Matthew Fright and Jordan Urban. Produced by Candice McKenzie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government. I'm Hannah White.
0:14.9	The dust is settled on the local election results and Parliament has returned. It was a bad weekend for Rishi Sunak and the days that followed haven't gone much better, with another surprised defection and a massive government
0:25.0	data breach. We'll take a look at how the week is panning out. Metro mayors made the headlines
0:30.3	at last Thursday's local elections, with 12 of them now holding considerable power across the
0:35.1	country. But devolution is a job only half done. That's
0:38.4	the verdict of a new IFG report which calls for a new deal for England. We'll speak to its author.
0:44.1	And then we'll ask, who are the people running the civil service? Because another new
0:48.2	IFG report, we really are spoiling you this week, has revealed the backgrounds, experience,
0:53.3	pay and process of appointing
0:55.0	the UK's top civil servants. We're going to tell you what we found out.
0:58.9	Joining me throughout is Kath Haddon, stepping bravely from her sickbed to join us remotely. Hi
1:03.8	Kath. Are you feeling any better? I am. I am on the mend finally, so that's good.
1:08.0	I'm very glad to hear it. And I'm delighted that we are joined by Lucy Fisher, Whitehall editor at the Financial Times.
1:13.4	Hi, Lucy.
1:14.1	Hi, Hannah.
1:14.8	Thrill to be with you.
1:15.8	So let's start with the surprise headline of the week in Westminster, and that's
1:20.3	the defection of Natalie Elphick from the Conservatives to the Labour Party.
1:24.8	Lucy, this one has had something of a mixed reception so far.
1:29.1	Yes, it seems to have triggered anger on both sides of the aisle.
1:33.5	Tory MPs furious that Natalie Elphick, the MP for Dover, has abandoned them to join the Labour Party.
1:40.6	But also a lot of scrutiny about Sarkia Stama's judgment for accepting her,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Institute for Government, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Institute for Government and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.