Ex-Prime Ministers' Question Time

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

As the Covid inquiry gets underway, the Financial Times’ Chris Cook joins the IfG podcast to examine whether public inquiries can actually make any difference – and look ahead to the potential twists and turns – and witnesses – that await inquiry chair Baroness Hallett and her team. Rishi Sunak’s No10 predecessors are notably vocal, and a batch of former Labour leaders still have plenty to say. Should we welcome the contribution of former party leaders or are they just a source of irritation? PLUS: Relocation, relocation! Has the government’s plan to relocate parts of the civil service to Darlington been a success – and is it actually making any difference to its levelling up mission? A new IfG report reveals the answers. Hannah White presents. With Emma Norris and Jordan Urban. Producer 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.
0:14.8	I'm Hannah White. So at last and after something of a fraught build-up, the COVID inquiry is underway.
0:21.5	So what happens now? Who's giving evidence? How will findings be shared?
0:25.2	And when it's all over, what would look like a successful inquiry?
0:29.6	The inquiry is going to delve into the details of the pandemic and see former Prime Minister's call to give evidence.
0:35.7	Has any incumbent of No. 10 had to govern with his
0:38.2	predecessors still so present and so unhelpful? We'll check in on how Ishii Sunak is dealing
0:44.0	with the ghosts of Prime Minister's past. And how can the government make a success of its pledge
0:49.3	to relocate civil servants from London to other parts of the country? And will this plan actually
0:54.1	help level up the country? and will this plan actually help level
0:54.7	up the country? While the flagship relocation location is to Darlington, and the IFG has been in the
1:00.6	northeast to check out how this new civil service centre is working out. To discuss all this, I'm
1:06.2	joined by IFG Deputy Director Emma Norris. Hi Emma. Hi Hannah. And also with us is researcher Jordan Urban.
1:12.6	Hello Jordan.
1:13.6	Hi, Hannah.
1:14.6	And I'm delighted that our guest today is Chris Cook, senior reporter at the Financial Times.
1:17.6	Hi, Chris.
1:18.6	How are you?
1:19.6	I'm good.
1:20.6	Thank you.
1:21.6	I'm pleased to join you.
1:22.6	So let's start with the COVID Inquiry. announced way back in the summer of 2021, the inquiry held a preliminary hearing this week
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