Lessons in Power: Managing No 10 w/ Sally Morgan and Gavin Kelly

Labour is now in power for the first time in over 14 years. How does Keir Starmer hit the ground running? What are the challenges of running a government after so long away from 10 Downing St?

Baroness Sally Morgan, now Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, was Tony Blair’s Director of Government and Political Relations at No 10 from 1997 to 2005. Gavin Kelly, now Executive Chair and formerly Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, was Deputy Chief of Staff at No 10 under Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010. They join Michael and Mems to discuss the challenges of managing the Prime Minister's diary, collaboration between No 10 and key departments, relationship with the media, and how Keir Starmer should start his administration on the right footing.

Lessons in Power is a SPERI Presents... podcast. Professor Michael Jacobs and Mems Ayinla interview ministers and advisors from the New Labour administration (1997-2010) to tease out lessons on a range of issues for Keir Starmer’s newly formed Labour government.