{"podcast":{"title":"Coffee House Shots","slug":"coffee-house-shots-496891","podcast_index_feed_id":496891,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4905581-coffee-house-shots","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/1751036467325-ac17e59d-c0b0-46f0-9b1f-4bded964d1cb.jpeg","author":"The Spectator","episode_count":3390,"summary":"Daily political analysis from The Spectator's top team of writers, including Michael Gove, Tim Shipman, Isabel Hardman, James Heale and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T00:21:51.737524+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-house-shots-496891"},"episode":{"title":"REVEALED: Treasury abandons numeracy to boost diversity","slug":"revealed-treasury-abandons-numeracy-to-boost-diversity","published_at":"2026-07-03T03:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-house-shots-496891/revealed-treasury-abandons-numeracy-to-boost-diversity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-house-shots-496891","url":"https://shows.acast.com/coffee-house-shots/episodes/revealed-treasury-abandons-numeracy-to-boost-diversity","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/e/6a469bb00069388b7ac6723a/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=e8Ux9QpVvizXJBGYJkqUKEZ8OshR9NgcrdzDmNJhRVI","summary":"A scoop by The Spectator’s news editor has taken Westminster by storm this week, after it emerged that the Treasury had ditched the numerical reasoning test for its high-flying graduate scheme. Oscar Edmondson speaks to the story’s author, John Connolly, and Ameer Kotecha, a former senior diplomat and now chief executive of the Centre for Government Reform, about how deeply anti-meritocratic hiring practices are rooted in the civil service. Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Henry Lloyd. Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more. For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts . Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"A scoop by The Spectator’s news editor has taken Westminster by storm this week, after it emerged that the Treasury had ditched the numerical reasoning te…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":719,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/coffee-house-shots-496891/episodes/revealed-treasury-abandons-numeracy-to-boost-diversity/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/coffee-house-shots-496891/revealed-treasury-abandons-numeracy-to-boost-diversity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}