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Join Michael Clifford and Marcus Richards - alongside occasional leading guests - for insightful, engaging conversations about the world of local government. Each month, they delve into the key issues shaping the sector, explore its unique quirks and challenges, and share expert perspectives on how it all works behind the scenes. Whether you’re a seasoned local government politician or officer, or simply curious about how local government ticks, this podcast offers a fresh, informed, and occasionally witty take on the forces driving change across the sector.
Unknown Host hosts The Star Chamber Podcast, a business show with 16 episodes published.
In this episode, Marcus and Michael are joined by Stuart Rimmer and Alison Young from Thames Freeport for a wide-ranging discussion on one of the UK’s most significant economic growth initiatives. The conversation explor
In this special episode, Michael and I are joined by Nathan Spencer, Managing Director of UKREiiF, for a discussion recorded live at the UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum in Leeds. Together, we explore h
This week, Marcus and Michael are joined by special guest Paul Harrison, former adviser to the Prime Minister and now of Lexington Communications, for a deep dive into the 2026 local election results and what they really
In this episode of The Star Chamber Podcast, Marcus and Michael reflect on the latest developments shaping local government. Along with an overview on key news topics ranging from New Towns to Best Value Commissioners, t
In this special episode of The Star Chamber Podcast, Marcus and Michael record live from MIPIM in Cannes, the global gathering of investors, developers and cities shaping the future of the built environment. They reflect
In this episode of The Star Chamber Podcast, Marcus and Michael are joined by Peter Arnold, EY’s UK Chief Economist, for a discussion on the relationship between local government and economic growth. They reflect on rece
What do Disney, Dairy Milk, and the credit crunch have to do with local government reorganisation? In this episode of The Star Chamber Podcast, Michael and Marcus turn to the world of corporate mergers and acquisitions t
In this episode of The Star Chamber Podcast, Marcus and Michael are joined by Amanda Evans, EY’s global Government and Infrastructure Strategy and Transactions lead, for a forward-looking conversation on what the year ah
In our festive edition of the Star Chamber Podcast, Michael and Marcus explore the Chancellor’s Budget, considering whether it maintains the spirit of devolution, or whether it delivers something more centralistic. We th
In this episode of The Star Chamber Podcast, Marcus and Michael are joined by Owen Mapley, Chief Executive of CIPFA, to explore one of the defining questions facing local government today: how do we shift from short-term
In this episode, Marcus and Michael take a tour through some of the biggest issues shaping local government today. We reflect on the recent ministerial appointments of Steve Reed, Matthew Pennycook and Alison McGovern, a
In Episode 5 of The Star Chamber Podcast, Michael Clifford and Marcus Richards are joined by Amardeep Gill of Trowers & Hamlins to unpack local government’s role in delivering the UK’s net zero ambitions. We explore the
In Episode 4 of The Star Chamber Podcast, we dive deep into the evolving architecture of English localism. We begin with the new Devolution and Community Engagement Bill, unpacking its implications for devolution and amb
In this episode of The Star Chamber Podcast, we unpack the recent flurry of government announcements – the Spending Review, the Industrial Strategy, and the UK Infrastructure Strategy – and explore what they really mean
In this episode of The Star Chamber Podcast, we unpack the fallout from the recent local elections before tackling the potential moral hazard of central government interventions in local authority debt. We then head nort
Join Michael Clifford and Marcus Richards for a series of discussions on the world of local government! In their first episode, they talk about the medieval origins of the term Star Chamber, how Liverpool in the 1980s sh
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