The Agenda

David Goodhart discusses the United Kingdom's Levelling Up challenges with Michael Mosbacher. There have been many attempts to tackle Britain's regional inequalities - and virtually all have failed. Goodhart argues that this time could be different.

Former Cabinet Minister in the Blair and Brown governments Rt Hon Ruth Kelly has joined Policy Exchange as Senior Fellow in its Economics Unit. In the first of a new series of Policy Exchange podcasts, The Agenda, Michael Mosbacher speaks to Kelly about the economic challenges Britain now faces with public spending at over 50 per cent of GDP for the first time since 1945.

Kelly argues that Red Wall voters will not support any party standing on a high tax, high spend programme.

For today's economic challenges to be met power needs to be decentralised, tax raising needs to be devolved and education needs to be further reformed with greater competition between state, voluntary and private providers. The state should primarily be a commissioner and regulator of education.

In this podcast, Andrea Leadsom and Amber Rudd join Policy Exchange's Ed Birkett to discuss Policy Exchange's new research programme, Beyond Cop26, which they are co-chairing. This discussion covers the launch report from the Beyond COP26 programme, which calls on the Government to focus on the UK's 'Green Unique Selling Points' to reduce global emissions and boost UK jobs. Andrea and Amber also give their reflections on their time as Energy Secretaries.

In this episode, Ellie Green speaks to Ed Birkett about his recent report Route 35.

Transport is now the UK's biggest source of climate-warming greenhouse gases. While other sectors slash their emissions, cars continue to produce 15% of our annual emissions, and the figure is still rising.

To solve this, the Government plans to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2035. Here Policy Exchange sets out how this can be achieved, following best international practice.

In this Episode, Ellie Green speaks to Dr Gerard Lyons, Warwick Lightfoot and Jan Zeber about their latest report, A pro-growth economic strategy.

The UK is enduring a health and economic crisis. Despite near-term uncertainties, we believe that a new macro-economic framework can help the UK achieve stronger future growth. This report sets out a new macro-economic policy framework, based on the three arrows: of credible fiscal activism; monetary and financial stability based on a new remit for the Bank of England; and a supply-side agenda that will help the UK overcome and emerge stronger from this crisis. Low borrowing costs create a likely lengthy window of opportunity to emerge from this crisis without being panicked into policy measures such as austerity, but it is possible that inflation and yields could rise, so it is not a risk-free option. Success depends upon a clear and credible policy approach.

In this episode, Ellie Green speaks with Chris Brannigan about his latest report, looking into how military planning plays a role in the Government's response to Coronavirus.

In this episode, Stephen Booth discusses how UK policy towards Asia, the US and the EU might develop in the coming months.

In this episode, Ellie Green speaks with Benedict McAleenan and William Nicolle, about their latest report "Outbreaks and Spillovers" that examines what is to be done to reduce the threat to human health and the global economy from zoonotic diseases such as Coronavirus.

In this episode, Ellie Green speaks to Graham Gudgin, Policy Exchange's Chief Economic Adviser, and Gerard Lyons, Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange and former Chief Economic Adviser to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson about the Coronavirus Lockdown, how it might be lifted and the economic impact of doing so.

In this episode, Ellie Green speaks to Jan Zeber, Deputy Head, Economics and Prosperity, about his latest report "Helping Britain's start-ups - Further economic measures to address the coronavirus crisis". Also on the podcast is Warwick Lightfoot, Head of Economics and Social Policy, talks about the recent OBR report and the economic outlook after Coronavirus.