The rules of Rishi’s flight club

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Act is finally on the statute book, and the prime minister has promised that – “no ifs, no buts” – flights will be taking off by the summer. So how much of a triumph is his for Sunak – and what legal challenges could still derail his asylum plan? Political journalist Zoe Grunewald joins the podcast team to weigh up an eventful week for the PM. We’re just days away from a set of crucial local elections. Who is standing and where? What are the contests we need to look out for? And what could it all mean for Sunak and Keir Starmer? Plus: Rising energy bills and rising raw sewage has put regulators like Ofgem and Ofwat in the spotlight, but is parliament doing enough to properly scrutinise the role that over 100 regulators play? A new IfG report has the answers. Hannah White presents. With Jill Rutter, Akash Paun and Matthew Gill 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, and I apologise up front. I have a bit of a nasal tone this week, because I've caught the office cold.
0:19.8	The Parliament tree back and forth is over, and the Prime Minister's Rwanda plan is finally
0:24.5	on the statute book.
0:25.8	So now what?
0:26.7	Rishi Sunak, who's been touring Europe and making big promises on defence spending, says
0:30.5	that flights will be taking off in the summer?
0:33.0	No if, no but could there be legal challenges ahead?
0:36.1	And just how much of a difference will his asylum plan make, if any, to his general election hopes. We'll take a look.
0:41.3	Talking of elections, May the 2nd, we'll see people up and down the land vote for local
0:45.4	councillors, mayors and police and crime commissioners. We'll dial up the IFG's local elections
0:50.0	expert to find out which contests we need to look out for and explore how significant the results might be. And then we'll
0:55.9	switch our attention back to Parliament. When the UK
0:58.1	left the EU, the country's regulators,
1:00.2	that's organisations like Offgem,
1:01.9	Offsted, the Environment Agency and many more,
1:04.2	were given new powers and responsibilities.
1:06.5	But are they using them well?
1:07.9	A new IFG report says Parliament is not
1:10.1	doing a good job of scrutinising
1:11.6	the regulators and we'll speak to its author. Joining me throughout is IFG Senior Fellow, Jill Rutter. Hi, Jill.
1:18.1	Hi, Hannah. And I'm delighted that we're joined today by Zoe Grunewalt, political correspondent at the
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