The Expert Factor
A podcast by IFS/IfG/UKICE

61 Episodes
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Trump, tariffs and EU trade negotiations: what can Keir Starmer do?
Published: 2/9/2025 -
The Expert Factor on tour: Five years since Brexit
Published: 1/30/2025 -
How will Keir Starmer's AI plan change government (and your lives)?
Published: 1/18/2025 -
How can the social care crisis be fixed?
Published: 1/10/2025 -
How can Keir Starmer meet his milestones?
Published: 12/13/2024 -
Assisted dying: What are the problems with Private Members’ Bills?
Published: 11/29/2024 -
What does Donald Trump’s election really mean for the UK?
Published: 11/14/2024 -
What difference will Rachel Reeves’ Budget really make?
Published: 11/5/2024 -
Beyond Brexit: How can UK/EU relations be reset?
Published: 10/29/2024 -
The Budget and the debt: What happens if Rachel Reeves borrows more money?
Published: 10/21/2024 -
Expert Factor: Policy Festival 2024 Special
Published: 10/11/2024 -
Has the Conservative Party worked out why it lost the general election?
Published: 10/4/2024 -
Is there a better way for government to approach benefits?
Published: 9/27/2024 -
Starmer’s freebie row: How can we fix standards and ethics in public life?
Published: 9/23/2024 -
How do National Wealth Funds really work?
Published: 9/15/2024 -
What happens next in British politics?
Published: 9/6/2024 -
Deliberative democracy: Is it time to let citizens decide policy?
Published: 8/23/2024 -
What lessons should the government learn from the riots?
Published: 8/16/2024 -
Can the government really deliver clean power by 2030?
Published: 8/9/2024 -
What is in Rachel Reeves’ £22bn black hole plan?
Published: 8/2/2024
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.