The Expert Factor

A podcast by IFS/IfG/UKICE

54 Episodes

  1. Election 2024: What's behind the Starmer-Sunak Stand-off?

    Published: 5/30/2024
  2. How can public inquiries make a difference?

    Published: 5/24/2024
  3. What’s going wrong with Britain’s universities?

    Published: 5/17/2024
  4. What do the 2024 local elections really tell us about UK politics?

    Published: 5/10/2024
  5. Why should voters care about the government’s industrial strategy?

    Published: 5/3/2024
  6. Is there a better way to pay for the NHS?

    Published: 4/26/2024
  7. What is behind the UK’s asylum policy?

    Published: 4/18/2024
  8. Will 2024 be the year of (more) populism?

    Published: 4/12/2024
  9. Biden v Trump: What is at stake in the 2024 US presidential election?

    Published: 4/5/2024
  10. What would a hung parliament mean for the UK?

    Published: 3/22/2024
  11. What is wrong with the centre of government?

    Published: 3/22/2024
  12. Is politically divisive language getting worse?

    Published: 3/8/2024
  13. What will be in Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget?

    Published: 3/1/2024
  14. What does an era of global instability mean for the UK?

    Published: 2/23/2024
  15. What does the power-sharing deal really mean for Northern Ireland?

    Published: 2/16/2024
  16. Is there any hope for the UK’s economy?

    Published: 2/9/2024
  17. What is the state of Brexit?

    Published: 2/2/2024
  18. The Expert Factor Live!

    Published: 1/26/2024
  19. How do opposition parties prepare for power?

    Published: 1/19/2024
  20. Your expert guide to UK politics in 2024

    Published: 1/12/2024

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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.