The State of the US and the UK - a podcast by Sam Rippon and Chern Han Mah

This week’s episode looks at Rishi Sunak’s minor Cabinet reshuffle, and also at President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union Address. Rishi Sunak has found a replacement to Nadhim Zahawi, but also took the opportunity to restructure the machinery of Government and shake-up his Cabinet. Was this reshuffle surprisingly broad? What will these departmental reconfigurations mean for policy delivery? And what does it say about Sunak’s priorities as the long road to the 2024 General Election begins?

In the US, Joe Biden addressed the newly divided Congress to outline his legislative plans and administrative achievements. What were the key takeaways from this political set piece? Was this Joe Biden doing a soft launch of his re-election campaign? And what is the role of State of the Union Addresses more generally? Do they play an important role? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast.

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