Preparing for Power Episode 5: Making manifestos
Episode 5 explores the role that manifestos play in \u2013 and after \u2013 an election campaign. How do political parties write their manifestos? What does a good manifesto look like? What are the questions that Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will be considering when signing off on their manifestos for the 2024 general election? And how hard is it to deliver manifesto promises once a government is formed?\n\nPacked with insight and revelations from key figures behind past manifestos \u2013 including Oliver Letwin, Jonathan Powell and Polly Mackenzie \u2013 and former civil servants who were asked to turn manifesto pledges into workable policy, this episode of Preparing for Power reveals the inside story of this key part of a general election campaign.