The Expert Factor
A podcast by IFS/IfG/UKICE

61 Episodes
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How can the government meet its foreign policy challenges?
Published: 7/26/2024 -
What can be done to fix the prisons crisis?
Published: 7/19/2024 -
What does the general election result mean for British politics?
Published: 7/11/2024 -
Can the next government fix the housing crisis?
Published: 7/8/2024 -
Do Sunak or Starmer really have a plan for economic growth?
Published: 6/18/2024 -
What will happen to taxes after the 2024 general election?
Published: 6/11/2024 -
Are we selecting the best MPs?
Published: 6/6/2024 -
Election 2024: What's behind the Starmer-Sunak Stand-off?
Published: 5/30/2024 -
How can public inquiries make a difference?
Published: 5/24/2024 -
What’s going wrong with Britain’s universities?
Published: 5/17/2024 -
What do the 2024 local elections really tell us about UK politics?
Published: 5/10/2024 -
Why should voters care about the government’s industrial strategy?
Published: 5/3/2024 -
Is there a better way to pay for the NHS?
Published: 4/26/2024 -
What is behind the UK’s asylum policy?
Published: 4/18/2024 -
Will 2024 be the year of (more) populism?
Published: 4/12/2024 -
Biden v Trump: What is at stake in the 2024 US presidential election?
Published: 4/5/2024 -
What would a hung parliament mean for the UK?
Published: 3/22/2024 -
What is wrong with the centre of government?
Published: 3/22/2024 -
Is politically divisive language getting worse?
Published: 3/8/2024 -
What will be in Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget?
Published: 3/1/2024
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.