Has Sunak lost the plot?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Simon Clarke has called for Rishi Sunak to go. A former No10 special adviser has said the Conservatives won’t win the election with Sunak at the helm. And an endless supply of new polling keeps painting an awkward picture for the PM’s prospects. So just how much trouble is Sunak in? The Times’ Geri Scott joins the podcast team to make sense of the latest chapter in the Conservative party psychodrama. Plus: Everything you need to know about the civil service. The IfG’s annual stocktake into the size, shape and performance of Whitehall is out this week. And, is the Treasury guilty of orthodox thinking? A new IfG report tests out the complaints of Liz Truss and her allies. Hannah White presents, with Giles Wilkes 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 Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government. I'm Hannah White.
0:18.3	From the National Trust to our nation's trust in its politicians, it's
0:21.7	been a rather up and down week for politics. Kirstama started the week talking about culture.
0:26.8	Mushi Sunak wanted to start it talking on WhatsApp. The government has launched its own channel.
0:31.3	But the Prime Minister's chat plans were overshadowed by a revolt in the House of Lords
0:35.9	and an attempted revolution by one of his
0:38.3	own MPs, while some of the UK's key economic and data institutions rose up to criticise
0:43.4	the government the way it uses evidence. This week has also seen the launch of the IFG's Whitehall
0:48.9	Monitor, our annual database stock take of the UK civil service, how it has changed and performed
0:54.0	over the past
0:54.6	year and its priorities for the future. We'll explore its key findings. And that was just a second
0:59.7	Whitehall-themed report we put out in the last seven days with our deep dive into the Treasury,
1:04.3	finding plenty to be worried about, if not the same concerns that Liz Truss and her allies
1:09.2	have grumbled about. on that later too.
1:12.3	Joining me today to discuss all this are Reese Klein, Associate Director and one of the authors behind Whitehall Monitor and indeed the Treasury Report.
1:19.3	Hello, Reese.
1:20.2	Hi, Hannah.
1:20.8	Also here with me is IFG Senior Fellow Giles Wilkes.
1:23.7	Hi, Charles.
1:24.4	Hi, Gail.
1:25.1	And I'm very pleased that we are also joined in the studio by
1:28.2	Jerry Scott, senior political correspondent at the Times. Hello. Thanks very much for being here.
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