# In conversation with Rt Hon James Murray MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury: How will the government boost public service productivity?

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ifg-events-864374/in-conversation-with-rt-hon-james-murray-mp-chief-secretary-to-the-treasury-how-will-the-government-boost-public-service-productivity
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ifg-events-864374/in-conversation-with-rt-hon-james-murray-mp-chief-secretary-to-the-treasury-how-will-the-government-boost-public-service-productivity.md
Podcast: [IfG Events](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ifg-events-864374)
Published: 2026-04-20T15:09:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5404001840.mp3
Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5404001840.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ifg-events-864374/episodes/in-conversation-with-rt-hon-james-murray-mp-chief-secretary-to-the-treasury-how-will-the-government-boost-public-service-productivity
Duration seconds: 3519

## Resource

Improving productivity is at the heart of the government’s plans for public services, underpins the ‘strategic and agile state’ and is a critical enabler for many of its ambitions for the future. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has been drawing on experience from the public and private sector to make sure the 2027 spending review consolidates and furthers the government’s productivity drive. This builds on the work already underway within the government through the Office for Value for Money and its departmental target of 2% productivity, efficiencies and savings. But what has the government achieved so far? How is HM Treasury supporting productivity improvements across government and monitoring departmental efficiency plans? What is the Chief Secretary doing to push this agenda on? To explore these questions and to discuss his priorities and approach, the Institute for Government was pleased to be hosting Rt Hon James Murray MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Professor Andy Westwood, Policy Director at The Productivity Institute made opening remarks. James Murray was then in conversation with Dr Hannah White, Director and CEO of the Institute for Government. This event was kindly supported by The Productivity Institute (TPI). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ifg-events-864374/episodes/in-conversation-with-rt-hon-james-murray-mp-chief-secretary-to-the-treasury-how-will-the-government-boost-public-service-productivity/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ifg-events-864374/in-conversation-with-rt-hon-james-murray-mp-chief-secretary-to-the-treasury-how-will-the-government-boost-public-service-productivity.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.