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Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.

I'm Hannah White. The May general election is off, if it was ever on. So now what? The Prime Minister predicts that 2024 is the year the economy will bounce back, but the Conservatives

are still trailing in the polls and Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda bill is taking a battering in the House

of Lords. So, is the economy really on the up? How significant are those Rwanda bill defeats?

And most importantly for Sunak's immediate job prospects,

how serious are the rumors of a plot to top all the PM?

Could the Conservative Party really pick a sixth leader

and therefore Prime Minister since 2010?

We'll take a closer look.

And then to Labour, because this week,

Rachel Reeves has made a major speech on the economy

and made headlines by apparently making comparisons

with Margaret Thatcher, which seems to be a bit of a theme for the opposition. We'll examine what the

shadow chancellor has been up to. And finally, all male private members clubs, are they a good thing?

We'll give our verdict. I bet you can't guess what I think later in the podcast. Joining me today

are two top IFG colleagues, neither of whom I believe are members of the

Gawatt Club, that's Senior Fellows at Charles Wilkes and Jill Rutter.

Hi both.

Hi, Hannah.

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