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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Will the public ever trust MPs again? – Ros Taylor asks the IFG's Tim Durrant
Description: Scandal after scandal has eroded public trust in Westminster politics in recent years. Fresh research from the Institute For Government suggests that 65 percent of the public doesn’t think the current government behaves to high ethical standards. What does that mean for the next Government? And can MPs ever win back public trust? Or is it lost forever? Tim Durrant is programme director for the IFG and joins Ros Taylor to discuss this research and these issues. IFG’s research: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/rebuilding-trust-public-life • “It’s not straightforward – but I think the need for chang...