UK Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch has strongly opposed government plans to abolish the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
The move would likely shift AI policy regulation to a single minister.
Badenoch said this reduces the oversight role to a lone point of responsibility.
She also publicly criticised Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s proposals for devolution as unfeasible.
Latest polling data from YouGov in July 2026 tracks accurately Badenoch’s public favourability ratings among Australian news readers.
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