Sunak's Scorecard and Minority Reports

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

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🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Does Rishi Sunak have a strategy for restoring the Conservatives' electoral prospects after the bruising local elections? Tim Bale, author of The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation, joins the podcast team to make sense of the prime minister's battles over boats and bust-ups around Brexit. Meanwhile Westminster is abuzz about the possibility of no party winning a majority at the next election, possible pacts and coalitions. But are people asking the right questions about what a hung Parliament might mean for how government works? Plus: Does devolving power from Westminster guarantee regional economic growth? A new IfG report reveals the answers, and its author Tom Pope joins the podcast to explain what works - and what doesn't. Hannah White presents. With Giles Wilkes and Cath Haddon. 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 this episode of Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:15.1	I'm Hannah White. The local elections may be done and dusted, but it's beginning to feel a bit like general election fever is already gripping Westminster. Rishi Sunak is under pressure to show he can move on fast from last
0:25.8	week's big losses, and the Prime Minister has been busy making announcements about GPs, doing
0:30.0	battle with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and taking on his party's hardcore Brexiters. But can
0:35.3	Sunak get his party back into the running for the next general
0:38.0	election. Labor did well last Thursday, but not quite well enough to be sure of a guaranteed
0:43.1	path to number 10, despite Kirstarmer's additional reaction. Westminster is a buzz with talk of hung
0:48.5	parliaments and coalition deals. We've been here before, of course, and it doesn't always work out
0:53.5	well for all parties
0:54.5	involved. So what do they and we need to be thinking about this time? And from sharing power
0:59.8	to giving power away, remember leveling up? The Conservative Party's flagship agenda at the 2019
1:04.9	election was tied to what seems to be a shared belief across the political divide that power needs to be devolved
1:11.7	from Westminster. But is more devolution certain to lead to a boost in regional growth?
1:18.7	A new RFG report has the answers. Joining me throughout are an IFG duo who pay very close
1:24.8	attention to all the ups and downs in British government and what might happen next and that's Kath Haddon and Giles Wilkes. Hi both. Good morning. Hello. And I'm delighted
1:31.9	to be joined throughout by Tim Bale, Professor of Politics at London's Queen Mary University and
1:36.6	author of a number of books, including most recently, The Conservative Party After Brexit,
1:41.7	Turmoil and Transformation. Hi Tim. How are you? I'm fine.
1:44.8	Thank you. And thank you for having me. So let's kick off by looking at the Conservative Party
1:49.3	after the local elections. Rishi Sunak is definitely trying to play down any sense of turmoil.
1:54.9	But what are his prospects now for transforming the party's electoral hopes in time for the next general
1:59.2	election? He's been busy this week doing battle with his party over Brexit,
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