Is the lady for u-turning?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

As pressure piles up on the prime minister, the IfG podcast team assemble - with guest Aubrey Allegretti of the Guardian - to work out what Liz Truss might do to calm both the markets and Conservative MPs The Halloween fiscal event isn't the only date in the Commons that will be spooking the PM - so join the Inside Briefing team on a walk through the government's autumn parliamentary minefield. And remember Brexit? A new IfG paper says that MPs aren't doing enough to scrutinise the UK's post-Brexit EU relationship. So what's the problem and how can it be fixed? Presented by Hannah White With Jill Rutter and Alice Lilly Produced by Candice McKenzie 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.
0:13.8	I'm Hannah White. Parliament has returned. The reshuffle is over and government is getting back to normal.
0:19.9	Well, not really. The minimum budgetuffle is over and government is getting back to normal. Well, not really.
0:21.6	The Minabatchet fallout continues with Chancellor Quasi Qatang now bringing forward his midterm
0:27.3	fiscal review to the end of the month, Halloween in fact. And yesterday, Liz Trust risked spooking
0:32.9	the markets again by insisting she would make no spending cuts. Today, and we're recording this at lunchtime
0:39.4	on Thursday, the markets seem to be buying the rumour there may be a further U-turn underway.
0:43.9	We'll take a look at an eventful first week back in Westminster. When it comes to Parliament,
0:49.4	the Prime Minister has a 70-ish majority and nothing to worry about, right? Well, the PM could have a nasty autumn ahead.
0:57.4	We'll talk you through the minefield that Trust will have to navigate.
1:01.2	And while the economy is the number one topic of discussion in Westminster right now,
1:05.0	it wasn't all that long ago that Brexit-dominated conversations and fierce debates in Parliament.
1:10.1	Not anymore.
1:13.3	A new IFG paper out today says Parliament is failing to do its post-Brexit scrutiny duty. We'll ask the questions about the
1:18.2	questions not being asked. Joining me this week are two IFG colleagues who can answer any question
1:23.6	you like about Parliament and Government, and that's Senior Fellow Jill Rutter and Senior Researcher Alice Lilly. Hi, both. Hello, Hannah. Hi, Anna. And I'm delighted to be joined by
1:32.4	Aubrey Aligretti, who is political correspondent at The Guardian. Hi, Aubrey. How are things?
1:36.5	Hello, all good, very fun. Looking forward to a peaceful autumn? Yes, can't wait, just as peaceful as
1:41.7	as the summer. So we'll start with the subject that there is really no escaping from, and that's the economy.
1:48.3	Aubrey, what's your sense of the mood in government right now?
1:52.3	It's very, very, very, very dark.
1:55.6	I mean, Port-Colice House is normally a wash with plotters, even when times are fairly good for the government,
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