Today

How can Labour’s early years agenda better support boys from low-income families?

This event was part of the IfG's programme of events at the Labour Party Conference 2026. Speakers: Paul Waugh MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education) Lynn Perry MBE, Chief Executive Officer at Barnardo's Sarah Ronan, Executive Director at the Ea ... Show More

59m 51s

Today

Where next for English devolution under Andy Burnham?

This event was part of the IfG's programme of events at the Labour Party Conference 2026. Speakers: Mayor Kim McGuinness, Mayor of North East England Cllr Fran Belbin, Leader of Sheffield City Council Professor Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor at The University of Man ... Show More

58m 59s

Yesterday

How can Labour build an affordable welfare system that supports sick and disabled people?

This event was part of the IfG's programme of events at the Labour Party Conference 2026. Speakers: Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the Treasury Select Committee Rt Hon Alan Milburn, Chair of the Young People and Work Review Ben Paxton, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Govern ... Show More

1h 12m

Dec 2020

Cod Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

1,645 days after the UK voted to leave the EU and 328 days after we actually departed, a post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU has finally been agreed. Adam, Laura, Chris and Katya gather on the night before Christmas to talk through how the months of disagreements over fi ... Show More

36m 32s

Apr 2021

Brexitcast: The Earwax Anniversary

It's been three months since the end of the Brexit transition period - so the gang is back together to wang on about its impact on trade, the Irish border and relations between the UK and the EU.Studio Director: Gerard Sudlow Producer: James Mallet Editor: Dino Sofos

32m 42s

Jan 2022

Brexit and Northern Ireland: The year of the protocol

It's a year since the post-Brexit transition period ended, and the Northern Ireland protocol came into effect. As Foreign Secretary Liz Truss prepares to resume negotiations with the EU, what has the impact been on everyday life in Northern Ireland and on the political parties? A ... Show More

32m 50s

Jan 2023

Brexitcast: Breakfast with Barnier

Three years since the UK left the EU, talks are still going on over trading arrangements. Why are they happening and what has changed since Brexit?Adam is back in Brussels to mark the anniversary – and we’ve got the whole Brexitcast gang together! There will of course be cake, as ... Show More

45m 39s

Feb 2021

Post-Brexit Britain 2021: Who do we think we are?

It's been over a year since the UK officially left the EU on the 31st of January 2020 in a vote which was fuelled by decades of British Euroscepticism. With terms like 'remainer' and 'Brexiteer' now holding less significance, what are the new identities which have emerged for all ... Show More

30m 55s

Jul 2021

Bustling or bust: How is the City of London coping after Brexit?

It’s been six months since the UK’s transition period from the EU ended. While the two sides hammered out arrangements for how various goods-producing sectors would continue to trade post-Brexit, financial services was largely left out of negotiations. We hear from the boss of Eu ... Show More

17m 26s

Dec 2020

Time running out for Brexit trade deal

<p>With negotiations on a Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU stalled again, and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning of a no-deal outcome, can the process be salvaged? Plus, with the Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland resolved this week in a new protocol, has the th ... Show More

27m 42s

May 2025

Security ties and political trade-offs: Inside the EU-UK deal

This week, Mark Leonard is joined by Camille Grand, former assistant secretary general at NATO and ECFR distinguished policy fellow, and Ivan Rogers, formerly Britain’s permanent representative to the EU, adviser for Europe and global issues to David Cameron, and principle privat ... Show More

35m 23s

Last Brexmas, I gave you my deal