The Expert Factor

A podcast by IFS/IfG/UKICE

61 Episodes

  1. Trump, tariffs and EU trade negotiations: what can Keir Starmer do?

    Published: 2/9/2025
  2. The Expert Factor on tour: Five years since Brexit

    Published: 1/30/2025
  3. How will Keir Starmer's AI plan change government (and your lives)?

    Published: 1/18/2025
  4. How can the social care crisis be fixed?

    Published: 1/10/2025
  5. How can Keir Starmer meet his milestones?

    Published: 12/13/2024
  6. Assisted dying: What are the problems with Private Members’ Bills?

    Published: 11/29/2024
  7. What does Donald Trump’s election really mean for the UK?

    Published: 11/14/2024
  8. What difference will Rachel Reeves’ Budget really make?

    Published: 11/5/2024
  9. Beyond Brexit: How can UK/EU relations be reset?

    Published: 10/29/2024
  10. The Budget and the debt: What happens if Rachel Reeves borrows more money?

    Published: 10/21/2024
  11. Expert Factor: Policy Festival 2024 Special

    Published: 10/11/2024
  12. Has the Conservative Party worked out why it lost the general election?

    Published: 10/4/2024
  13. Is there a better way for government to approach benefits?

    Published: 9/27/2024
  14. Starmer’s freebie row: How can we fix standards and ethics in public life?

    Published: 9/23/2024
  15. How do National Wealth Funds really work?

    Published: 9/15/2024
  16. What happens next in British politics?

    Published: 9/6/2024
  17. Deliberative democracy: Is it time to let citizens decide policy?

    Published: 8/23/2024
  18. What lessons should the government learn from the riots?

    Published: 8/16/2024
  19. Can the government really deliver clean power by 2030?

    Published: 8/9/2024
  20. What is in Rachel Reeves’ £22bn black hole plan?

    Published: 8/2/2024

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The EXPERT FACTOR is the podcast for people who haven’t had enough of experts. Each week the directors of three leading and respected think tanks – Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Hannah White of the Institute for Government, and Anand Menon of UK in a Changing Europe – get together to discuss, debate and explain the big questions and themes that will shape the upcoming General Election, and the political landscape for years to come.