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The Rundown by PoliticsHome
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Our weekly podcast from PoliticsHome discussing all the ups and downs in Westminster. Please subscribe and share - and keep up with all the latest news on PoliticsHome.com. Got a question for the team? news@politicshome.com.
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Recent Episodes
July 10, 2026
What happens inside No10 after a PM resigns?
<p>As Keir Starmer prepares to step out of Number 10 for the final time, The Rundown looks at what life is like behind that famous black door after a Prime Minister announces they are stepping down, and what goes on in those few weeks before they exit Downing Street for good.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is everyone in the building demob happy, can anything still get done as the civil service waits for the next PM to arrive, how much focus is on crafting the last piece of a legacy, and how much is on preparing the ground for their replacement, and the temptation to chuck a few hospital passes for their successor.</p><p><br /></p><p>So to discuss the strange nature of that interregnum period that has become all too common in recent years, host <strong>Alain Tolhurst</strong> is joined by three people who served at the side of departing prime ministers: firstly with <strong>Baroness Kate Fall</strong>, who was David Cameron’s deputy chief of staff for a decade, along with <strong>Paul Harrison</strong>, who was Downing Street Press Secretary for two years under Theresa May, and then later in the episode <strong>Guto Harri</strong>, Number 10’s director of communications for Boris Johnson in the months before he left office.</p><p><br /></p><ul><li><strong>To sign up for our newsletters </strong><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/account.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>click here</strong></a></li></ul><p><br /></p><p>Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced and edited by Ewan Cameron for <a href="https://www.podotpods.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Podot</a><br /></p>
July 3, 2026
What's the mood of the nation as Burnham takes over?
<p>This week, as Andy Burnham prepares to take power, PoliticsHome has once again partnered with <a href="https://www.thinksinsight.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ThinksInsight</a>, the global research and strategy consultancy, on their bi-annual 'mood of the nation' survey, as they take the temperature of how Brits feel about the government, the economy, and how optimistic they are about the future.</p><p><br></p><p>They also conducted focus groups with voters in four constituencies who backed Labour in 2024, but are now considering other parties, about what the new Prime Minister needs to do to win them back round.</p><p><br></p><p>So to discuss all of that host <strong>Alain Tolhurst</strong> is joined by <strong>Ben Shimshon</strong>, the co-founder and CEO of Thinks Insight, to talks through the research, along with PolHome editor, <strong>Adam Payne</strong>, and two Labour MPs; <strong>Tonia Antoniazzi</strong>, the member for Gower in South Wales and a select committee chair, and <strong>Sarah Hall</strong>, elected as the member for Warrington South at the last election.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>To sign up for our newsletters </strong><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/account.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>click here</strong></a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced and edited by Ewan Cameron and Lulu Goad for <a href="https://www.podotpods.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Podot</a><br></p>
June 26, 2026
Why do we keep ditching PMs?
<p>As the country hurtles towards appointing its seventh PM in a decade, this week <strong>The Rundown</strong> asks has the UK become ungovernable? And if so, why? And what can be done, if anything can be, to stop the rot and get back to a period of relative stability in our national politics.</p><p><br></p><p>Joining host <strong>Alain Tolhurst</strong> in looking at where Keir Starmer failed, as Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May and David Cameron did before him, and whether Andy Burnham will end up going the same way, is <strong>Caroline Slocock</strong>, former Private Secretary to two Prime Ministers and a longtime senior civil servant, who has a new book out entitled <a href="https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/bad-government" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">‘Bad Government’</a>, going behind the famous black door of Number 10 to reveal why the ship of state is so hard to steer, and exploring why successive leaders have failed in their promises to reset government and rebuild trust.</p><p><br></p><p>Alongside them are <strong>Joe Hill</strong>, director of strategy at the think tank Re:State, as well as <strong>Hannah Keenan</strong>, associate director at the Institute for Government.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>To sign up for our newsletters </strong><a href="https://www.politicshome.com/account.htm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>click here</strong></a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced and edited by Ewan Cameron and Lulu Goad for <a href="https://www.podotpods.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Podot</a><br></p>
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