The Expert Factor
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The Expert Factor is a government podcast hosted by IFS/IfG/UKICE. It has 62 episodes, with the latest published June 2025.
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.
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The Expert Factor Live
Trump, tariffs and EU trade negotiations: what can Keir Starmer do?
The Expert Factor on tour: Five years since Brexit
How will Keir Starmer's AI plan change government (and your lives)?
How can the social care crisis be fixed?
How can Keir Starmer meet his milestones?
Assisted dying: What are the problems with Private Members’ Bills?
What does Donald Trump’s election really mean for the UK?
What difference will Rachel Reeves’ Budget really make?
Beyond Brexit: How can UK/EU relations be reset?
The Budget and the debt: What happens if Rachel Reeves borrows more money?
Expert Factor: Policy Festival 2024 Special
Has the Conservative Party worked out why it lost the general election?
Is there a better way for government to approach benefits?
Starmer’s freebie row: How can we fix standards and ethics in public life?
How do National Wealth Funds really work?
What happens next in British politics?
Deliberative democracy: Is it time to let citizens decide policy?
What lessons should the government learn from the riots?
Can the government really deliver clean power by 2030?
What is in Rachel Reeves’ £22bn black hole plan?
How can the government meet its foreign policy challenges?
What can be done to fix the prisons crisis?
What does the general election result mean for British politics?
Can the next government fix the housing crisis?
Do Sunak or Starmer really have a plan for economic growth?
What will happen to taxes after the 2024 general election?
Are we selecting the best MPs?
Election 2024: What's behind the Starmer-Sunak Stand-off?
How can public inquiries make a difference?
What’s going wrong with Britain’s universities?
What do the 2024 local elections really tell us about UK politics?
Why should voters care about the government’s industrial strategy?
Is there a better way to pay for the NHS?
What is behind the UK’s asylum policy?
Will 2024 be the year of (more) populism?
Biden v Trump: What is at stake in the 2024 US presidential election?
What would a hung parliament mean for the UK?
What is wrong with the centre of government?
Is politically divisive language getting worse?
What will be in Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget?
What does an era of global instability mean for the UK?
What does the power-sharing deal really mean for Northern Ireland?
Is there any hope for the UK’s economy?
What is the state of Brexit?
The Expert Factor Live!
How do opposition parties prepare for power?
Your expert guide to UK politics in 2024
The Expert Factor: 2023 Year in Review
What have we learned from the Covid Inquiry?
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