Freeze A Jolly Good Furlough

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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As the COVID outlook worsens dramatically, can Boris Johnson make another six months of restrictions stick? Is Rishi Sunak’s new Job Support Scheme just the old furlough in disguise, and will it hold back a tide of autumn job losses? And how prepared are public services for an extended crisis? Special guest Sir David Lidington, former de facto Deputy Prime Minister, explains the consequences of a new near-lockdown for consumer confidence, public health and the Government’s stability. “If you don’t get the tax receipts coming in from the economy then you’ll have some very difficult decisions about public spending.” – David Lidington “The Government needs to be seen to reach out… Metro mayors and local authorities need to be partners not adversaries.” – David Lidington “MPs who brief the papers about how unhappy they are generally do not speak for the majority of the Parliamentary party” – David Lidington Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Cath Haddon, Nick Davies and Gemma Tetlow. Audio production by Alex Rees See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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.
0:14.5	I'm Bronwyn Maddox.
0:15.9	The weather has turned and the cold front has brought some chilling warnings from the government's chief scientific and medical advisors.
0:21.6	With coronavirus cases rising again, doubling every seven days at the moment, it seems,
0:26.6	the Prime Minister has confirmed that restrictions on everyday life are likely to be in place for another six months
0:32.6	as the government seeks to keep case numbers down and the death rate too.
0:36.6	So pubs are ordered a close at 10pm,
0:38.6	people are advised to work from home, not their offices. And we're going to look at what this
0:42.5	about turn means for the economy, looking at the Chancellor's new measures as well.
0:48.1	Our public services, hospital, schools, police and social care cope with the second wave
0:52.1	of COVID that now seems to be with us.
0:57.1	What does the change of course mean for the Prime Minister's own standing?
1:01.6	And in the week that Keir-Silmer gave his first party conference speech as Labour leader,
1:05.2	how does Labour position itself in this time of national crisis?
1:10.3	Joining me in the virtual studio today's terrific line-up, Gemma Tetlow, our chief economist.
1:10.8	Hi, Gemma.
1:11.6	Hello.
1:17.3	Fresh from listening to the Chancellor's speech. Nick Davies, who heads our work on public services,
1:18.4	hi, Nick. Hello.
1:23.0	And Kath Haddon, who leads our work on ministers in the Constitution. Kath, great to have you with us. Hi, Bronwen.
1:25.3	I'm also delighted to be joined from a socially distant room somewhere in the IFG by Sir David Littington,
1:31.5	former Cabinet Office Minister, de facto deputy prime minister at that time, now chair of the Royal United Services Institute, the Military Think Tank, and an IFG board member.
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