The Expert Factor

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.

The Expert Factor is a government podcast hosted by IFS/IfG/UKICE, with 62 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

IFS/IfG/UKICE hosts The Expert Factor, a government show with 62 episodes published.

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  The Expert Factor

  The Expert Factor Live

  Jun 24, 20251h 17mS0

  <p>Back by popular demand, Hannah White, Paul Johnson and Anand Menon reunited on stage to record a special live episode of The Expert Factor – the podcast for people who haven’t had enough of experts.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Nine years to the day since the UK voted to leave the EU, as the directors of three of the UK’s leading think tanks – the Institute for Government, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and UK in a Changing Europe – got together to discuss, explore and explain the big questions facing Keir Starmer’s Labour government and Britain’s opposition parties in an inc...

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  Episode #61

  Trump, tariffs and EU trade negotiations: what can Keir Starmer do?

  Feb 9, 202536 minS1

  <p>A week is a long time in politics, but it is even longer in international relations. Leslie Vinjamuri, director of the US and Americas programme at Chatham House, joins Paul and Anand to work out what the complex combination of Trump, tariffs and trade negotiations means for Keir Starmer and the UK.</p><p> </p><p>What will Donald Trump’s tariffs mean for the US’s closest trading partners – and the EU and the UK? How should Keir Starmer approach relations with the unpredictable US president? Can the PM improve the UK’s deal with the EU, and if so then...

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  Episode #60

  The Expert Factor on tour: Five years since Brexit

  Jan 30, 202524 minS1

  <p>To mark the fifth anniversary of the UK’s departure from the EU, Anand, Paul and Hannah took a trip to Oxford of the Expert Factor. So how has the Brexit worked out for the UK? What questions are still being asked – and unanswered? And how might Keir Starmer and the Labour government approach the UK’s ever-evolving relationship with the EU?</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices</p>

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  Episode #59

  How will Keir Starmer's AI plan change government (and your lives)?

  Jan 18, 202542 minS1

  <p>The robots are taking our jobs, we’re going to be a nation run by chatbots, and an all-seeing, all-powerful computer is set to know everything about all of us.</p><p><br></p><p>Well, not really.</p><p> </p><p>But Keir Starmer says AI is poised to generate “incredible change in our country”</p><p><br></p><p>So what exactly is he talking about? </p><p><br></p><p>Helen Margetts, professor of Society and the Internet at the University of Oxford and director of the Alan Turing Institute’s public policy programme, joins Hannah and Paul to...

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  Episode #58

  How can the social care crisis be fixed?

  Jan 10, 202538 minS1

  <p>Why is the social care challenge so complicated? Why can’t the nation’s politicians find a way forward? What is a possible solution? And what could Baroness Casey do to succeed when nobody else has managed to do so?</p><p> </p><p>This week’s Expert Factor sees Hannah and Paul joined by Andrew Dilnot, who chaired the Commission on Funding of Care and Support, to explore three decades of disagreement and delay, look at how social care currently works – or doesn’t, and discuss what Louise Casey should do to deliver lasting change.</p><p> </p><p>Learn mor...

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