Drivetime with Suella Braverman

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

It has been quite some week for the home secretary. From a row over her handling of a speeding ticket to a row over the latest release of net migration stats, Suella Braverman has hardly been out of the headlines. Sunday Times deputy political editor Harry Yorke, the journalist who broke the speeding story, joins the podcast team to pass judgment on Braverman’s performance. Why does the Home Office always seem to lurch from crisis to crisis – and what can be done to fix it? A new IfG report lays bare the department’s institutional and cultural problems. Boris Johnson is back in the news too – so what exactly is his bust-up about lawyers, WhatsApp messages and Covid rules all about? And is a deteriorating relationship between ministers and civil servants a reason to allow more political appointments into the civil service? A new report sets out the IfG view. Emma Norris presents. With Cath Haddon, Alex Thomas, Tim Durrant and Rhys Clyne. 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.
0:14.0	I'm Emma Norris, I have G Deppsy Director and today's podcast presenter. It's been quite some week for the Home Secretary and for the Home Office.
0:22.4	A row over her speeding fines saw Suella Braverman appear on front pages.
0:26.6	Today's release of net migration stats means she's going to be making headlines for the next few days too.
0:31.4	And all of this follows her surprisingly free-ranging speech at last week's National Conservatives'
0:36.3	conference.
0:37.4	The Prime Minister has
0:38.3	stuck by her, but is Braaviman actually doing a good job or showing the loyalty that Prishishishanak might
0:44.1	expect? We'll take a look at a question which is rumbling away beneath a lot of controversy
0:49.1	around the Home Secretary too, and that's the impartiality of the civil service. Some government ministers want to see more political appointments to top Whitehall jobs.
0:58.0	Well, this week the IFG set out our view, and we'll take a look at what on earth is going on between the Cabinet Office and the COVID inquiry.
1:05.0	And with perfect timing, we've got a new IFG report out, which examines the cultural and institutional problems that run deep in the
1:11.3	home office. We'll be talking to its author. So we've got a lot to get through. I'm joined by a
1:15.9	pair of IFG colleagues who were into the ministerial code before it became cool. Kath Haddon and Tim Durant.
1:22.4	Hi guys. And I'm delighted to be joined by Harry York, deputy political editor at the Sunday Times
1:27.4	and the journalist who broke the Braverman story this week.
1:30.0	Harry, thanks for joining us.
1:31.0	No problem.
1:32.2	So let's kick off with Braviman.
1:33.8	What's it like to get hold of a scoop like that, Harry,
1:36.1	and then release it to the world?
1:37.3	I came into kind of possession of a tip about three or four weeks ago
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