Dover Queues and Brexit Truths?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

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🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Delays at the Dover border mean holidaymakers are getting hot under the collar – while the heat is on the government to fix the problem. The FT's Peter Foster joins us to explore whether the long queues are just an inevitable Brexit non-benefit. Also, the government appears to have ditched any plans (and a manifesto promise) to reform social care. So why is this policy challenge proving beyond the wit of ministers? And teachers have rejected a pay offer from the government. Just how distant is a deal to end public sector strikes? PLUS: In praise of politicians, and politics. This weekend is the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. How was the historic deal reached, what is its legacy, and what might happen next in Northern Ireland? Hannah White presents, with Jill Rutter, Jess Sargeant and Stuart Hoddinott. 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 this episode of Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:14.7	I'm Hannah White. It's recess. MPs are back in their constituencies, Parliament has risen,
0:20.7	and all is quiet.
0:21.6	Well, no, not really.
0:23.6	Cues at Deva are making holidaymakers hot under the collar
0:27.6	and turning up the heat on ministers to find a way to fix the problem.
0:30.6	But is it just an inevitable result of Brexit?
0:33.6	Teachers that rejected the government's pay deal, there are more strikes ahead,
0:36.6	or can a solution be found?
0:38.3	Social care was meant to be fixed by the Conservatives, Boris Johnson promised he would sort it out,
0:43.3	but this week the government seemed to ditch any plans for reform.
0:47.3	And then, in a reminder of what politicians and politics can achieve, Easter weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Belfar's Good Friday Agreement.
0:56.1	We'll look at the significance of this landmark and what might follow.
0:59.4	Joining me throughout are an IFG duo who follow every twist of the Brexit saga and keep a close
1:04.7	eye on Northern Irish politics. And that's Jess Sargent and Jill Rutter. Hi both.
1:09.4	Hi Hannah! And I'm delighted to be
1:12.4	joined throughout by Peter Foster, Public Policy Editor at the Financial Times. Hi Peter, how are you?
1:17.1	Very well, thanks. And I think we just need to begin by reflecting on some pretty big developments
1:21.2	in Scotland at the end of this week. Jess, what's going on? So today, the former SMP chief executive Peter Morel, who was also the
1:29.6	husband of Nicola Sturgeon, has been released without charge pending further investigation after being
1:36.1	arrested yesterday. So it's an ongoing investigation and so we don't have a lot of details
1:41.2	and there's also a limit to what can be discussed in public at this
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