Follow our live-blog for all our general election coverage: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/general-election-2024\n\nWe hosted a special livestreamed recording of the Institute for Government podcast, as a team of IfG experts \u2013 bleary eyed but full of coffee \u2013 gathered in the podcast studio to make sense of a momentous night in British politics.\n\nWhat does the general election result mean for how the UK will be governed? What decisions and duties await the prime minister over the next days and weeks? How are governments formed and what does it mean civil servants? And what are the big challenges facing the government \u2013 and how can it meet them?\n\nHannah White, Giles Wilkes, Tim Durrant and Catherine Haddon share their instant reaction, expert analysis, and essential insights.