Will the public ever trust MPs again? – Ros Taylor asks the IFG's Tim Durrant

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Scandal after scandal has eroded public trust in Westminster politics in recent years. Fresh research from the Institute For Government suggests that 65 percent of the public doesn’t think the current government behaves to high ethical standards. What does that mean for the next Government? And can MPs ever win back public trust? Or is it lost forever? Tim Durrant is programme director for the IFG and joins Ros Taylor to discuss this research and these issues. IFG’s research: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/rebuilding-trust-public-life • “It’s not straightforward – but I think the need for change is widely recognised.” – Tim Durrant • “If you have a PM who’s very clear that they expect their colleagues to behave in a certain way, and if they don’t there will be sanctions, that will shift the dial a bit.” – Tim Durrant • “Starmer has set himself a high bar and Labour recognises that.” – Tim Durrant www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production: Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.3	I'm Ros Taylor. You may have heard we banging on about trust recently as I promote
1:20.6	my book about it but I'm not the only one preoccupied with it.
1:24.4	Britain's are very distrustful of government, and one of the reasons is the cronyism and corruption of the past half decade. We've fallen to our lowest ever ranking in the Transparency International
1:35.9	Corruption Ratings. But what can we do about it? Aren't they all as bad as each other? One man who understands the workings of government
1:44.4	and has some ideas for fixing it
1:46.3	is Tim Durant, program director,
1:48.3	at the Institute for Government.
1:50.0	Welcome back to the bunker, Tim.
1:51.6	Hi, Ros, it's great to be back.
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