{"podcast":{"title":"IfG Events","slug":"ifg-events-864374","podcast_index_feed_id":864374,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PMO2793223125","website_url":"https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/986836ea-3272-11ec-8af8-8f1a01cf74d1/image/ifg-events-square-FINAL.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Podmasters","episode_count":399,"summary":"The Labour government has a huge majority in parliament – but Keir Starmer’s administration is also facing an incredibly complex set of policy challenges. So how can the prime minister and his team turn around public service performance? What can chancellor Rachel Reeves do to get the economy growing again? What will mission-driven government actually mean in practice? Who should be making the key decisions in Westminster – and beyond? And what will the appointment of a new cabinet secretary mean for the future direction of the civil service? From reforming how the centre of government works to the battle for the future of the civil service, from making a success of levelling up to achieve net zero goals, IfG EVENTS stimulate fresh thinking and share ideas about how government works – and how it could work better.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T22:19:30.228549+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ifg-events-864374"},"episode":{"title":"A keynote speech by Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister for Housing and Planning","slug":"a-keynote-speech-by-matthew-pennycook-mp-minister-for-housing-and-planning","published_at":"2026-04-30T08:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ifg-events-864374/a-keynote-speech-by-matthew-pennycook-mp-minister-for-housing-and-planning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ifg-events-864374","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4457114600.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR4457114600.mp3","summary":"The Institute for Government was pleased to welcome Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, to give a speech on leasehold reform and the move to commonhold. The speech, in which the Housing Minister spoke about the government's ambitions on ending the feudal leasehold system, follows publication of the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny. Following the speech, Matthew Pennycook was in conversation with Nehal Davison, Programme Director (policy making) at the IfG, and took part in an audience Q&A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"The Institute for Government was pleased to welcome Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, to give a speech on leasehold reform and the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3182,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ifg-events-864374/episodes/a-keynote-speech-by-matthew-pennycook-mp-minister-for-housing-and-planning/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ifg-events-864374/a-keynote-speech-by-matthew-pennycook-mp-minister-for-housing-and-planning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}