{"podcast":{"title":"Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government","slug":"inside-briefing-with-the-institute-for-government-97126","podcast_index_feed_id":97126,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PMO8430796457","website_url":"https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/917778dc-3272-11ec-a3dd-77b8c01a89fd/image/9158f83637851cf5995569ca736e1c9e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Institute for Government","episode_count":422,"summary":"The first Labour government in 14 years is facing a daunting to-do list and complex challenges at every turn. Public services are under strain. The civil service is under pressure. And ministers must deliver the government’s missions and milestones. But could Keir Starmer’s plan to “rewire the British state” – through using AI and creating a “start-up” culture – turn these challenges into opportunities? So where is government working well and what is it doing badly? What can be done to make No10, the Treasury and the rest of government function more effectively? What can Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves do to achieve faster economic growth? What will Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives and the other opposition parties do to hold the government to account? How might Donald Trump shape British politics – and how could the UK’s relations with the EU change in the years ahead? Get behind the scenes in Westminster, Whitehall and beyond on the weekly podcast from Britain’s leading governmental think tank, where we analyse the latest events in politics and explain what they mean. Every week on Inside Briefing, IfG director Hannah White and the team welcomes special guests for a thought-provoking…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T10:19:02.340108+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-briefing-with-the-institute-for-government-97126"},"episode":{"title":"International Women's Day special: The inside story of life as an MP","slug":"international-women-s-day-special-the-inside-story-of-life-as-an-mp","published_at":"2026-03-06T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-briefing-with-the-institute-for-government-97126/international-women-s-day-special-the-inside-story-of-life-as-an-mp","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-briefing-with-the-institute-for-government-97126","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5558334286.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR5558334286.mp3","summary":"What it is really like to be an MP in 2026? How unusual is the life of a politician? How does power work in parliament? And how can MPs try to have an impact from government or the opposition benches? For this special International Women's Day episode of Inside Briefing, three MPs – Conservative Karen Bradley, Labour's Beccy Cooper, and Ellie Chowns of the Green Party – head to the IfG podcast studio to explore the challenges, surprises and perhaps frustrations of life in parliament as one of the 263 female MPs (as a point of comparison there were just 27 female MPs in 1975 when International Women's Day was first recognised by the UN) sitting in Westminster today. Presented by Dr Catherine Haddon. Featuring: Dame Karen Bradley MP – Conservative MP for Staffordshire Moorlands since 2010, a former secretary of state for Northern Ireland and at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and the current chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Dr Ellie Chowns MP – has been the Green MP for North Herefordshire since 2024 and is the Green Party group leader in Westminster and their spokesperson on 6 different ministerial portfolios. Dr Beccy Cooper MP – has been the Labour MP for Worthing West since 2024 and sits on the Health and Social Care Committee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"What it is really like to be an MP in 2026? How unusual is the life of a politician? How does power work in parliament? And how can MPs try to have an imp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2060,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-briefing-with-the-institute-for-government-97126/episodes/international-women-s-day-special-the-inside-story-of-life-as-an-mp/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-briefing-with-the-institute-for-government-97126/international-women-s-day-special-the-inside-story-of-life-as-an-mp.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}