Hello and welcome to inside briefing.

I'm Bronwyn Maddox.

Refresh, rebrand, reset.

That's Boris Johnson's plan, or so he says.

But will the dramatic departure of Dominic Cummings from number 10 really signal a new style of government? And can this Prime Minister really relaunch his premiership? We're going to take a look at what Johnson is trying to do and what he should do to make this reset count. He's going to have to make a decision on Brexit, of course, and very soon, there are just

weeks to go until the end of the transition period, and still that familiar question, deal or no

deal, is yet to be answered. We'll take stock as crunch time approaches. And then we're going to

take a look at an area so beloved to Dominic Cummings, and that's the use of digital technology in government.

A new IofG paper weighs up how well the government has done on this front during the coronavirus crisis,

and its author is going to beam into our virtual studio for a chat.

So joining me in that studio today is a terrific lineup of guests.

Welcome back to Alex Thomas, who leads our civil service work. Hi, Alex.

Hi, Bromyn. We're joined again by Jill Rutter, IFG Senior Fellow and a one-time civil servant

right at the heart of government. Hi, Joel. Hi, Bromyn, great to be back. And we've also got

John McTurton, also an IFG Senior Fellow and former advisor at the heart of government. John, good, have you with us.

It's great to be back.

Let's start with a grant reset, which is how the Prime Minister would like to use recent

explosive changes in Downing Street leading to the exit of his chief strategist.

Ms. Heralds, so No. 10, would like us to think, a softer Downing Street, and a Prime

Minister focused once more on his levelling up agenda

and on a vision to turn Britain green. And there are factors helping him achieve a sense of a new

beginning, if he can grasp it, a new US president, almost certainly, a vaccine probably,

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