How Energy Politics Really Works, with Sam Alvis (IPPR)

Do you find politics obtuse? Struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of energy decisions?

With an endless web of party politics, departmental differences, and think-tanks pumping out ideas, it can be hard to know what the government is really thinking and how decisions get made.

Our guest this week is Sam Alvis, Head of Energy Security and Environment at IPPR, the influential think-tank, and an expert on UK energy politics.

Both he and our host, Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett, draw on their own experience working with politicians and the policy process to explain what actually goes into decision making on energy, and what will define the next few years of energy politics.

The conversation ranges from the practical bits like what think-tanks really do, to specific questions around what government can do around bills and whether the CfD could survive a (theoretical) Reform government.

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Keywords:

Labour | Energy | Renewables | Oil and Gas | Bills | Cost of living