What works in Whitehall – and what doesn’t?

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Blood runs cold in Westminster as the IfG hands down its annual judgment on government efficiency, the Whitehall Monitor. Who gets an A-Star, who has room to improve and who’s on the naughty step? And why does Britain’s idiosyncratic approach to talent management mean that the Civil Service is getting older and younger at the same time? Also, Northern Uproar: Moving the grand old Lords to York – would it it take ten thousand men (and women)? With Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’s assemblies all symbolically rejecting the Government’s Brexit plans, have we now passed Peak Devolution? And which domestic policies might get trampled in Boris Johnson’s rush for a US trade deal? “Reform of local and regional government has been on the Too Difficult box for far too long” – Alex Thomas “By an elegant solution, you mean a fudge, right?” – Bronwen Maddox Hosted by Bronwen Maddox with Gavin Freeguard, Emma Norris and Alex Thomas. Audio production by Alex Rees. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this week's inside briefing. I'm Bronwyn Maddox. Three weeks into the year,
0:14.9	we still don't know an awful lot about what the government plans to do, but we do know it's very
0:19.6	keen on looking outside Westminster,
0:21.8	as we're very much doing this week. So, will the House of Lords really move to the banks
0:26.0	of the River Ouse in York? What does it mean that the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh and Northern
0:30.4	Ireland assemblies have refused to give their consent to the government's Brexit legislation?
0:35.3	And what about the people working for the new government, the ministers and all those civil
0:38.9	servants?
0:39.8	Who are they?
0:40.6	What impact has Brexit had on them?
0:43.0	The Institute for Government's brand new report, the latest edition of our annual
0:47.0	Whitehall Monitor, is bursting with all the latest figures, including ones we've had to
0:51.7	drag out of the government.
0:53.5	We'll also speak to Angela Smith, Labour's leader in the Lords,
0:56.9	where peers have been inflicting the first defeats on Boris Johnson's government.
1:01.2	She might also have a view on whether a northern upper house is a good idea.
1:05.7	Today I'm joined by an all-star IFG panel.
1:08.3	Emma, our director of research, is back with us?
1:10.4	Hi, Emma. Hi. Is Dominic Cummings, our director of research, is back with us. Hi, Emma.
1:11.0	Hi. Dominic Cummings, now a household name?
1:13.7	He is in my household, but that's probably because we're full of weirdos.
1:18.3	Making his inside briefing debut, it's a big welcome to our newest IFG colleague, Alex Thomas.
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