Budget-style online safety debates could help law ‘keep pace’ with tech changes Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said ministers want to ‘get the legislation right’. Evening Standard · Feb 16
Cabinet Office looking into Starmer-linked thinktank after it investigated journalists Liz Kendall says officials will be ‘establishing the facts’ about report that made false claims about journalists The Guardian - UK · Feb 16
Politics live: Trump warns Starmer is making ‘big mistake’ in fresh attack over Chagos Islands deal The president warned against the loss of the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia The Independent UK · Feb 16
UK politics: Government abandons plans to delay 30 local council elections in May – as it happened The government was warned by its lawyers that such a move could be illegal as it pledges an additional £63m to help councils with reorganisation The Guardian - UK · Feb 16
Social media ban for under 16s could be announced within months, says Technology Secretary Liz Kendall Ministers are scrambling to keep up with the fast-changing online world as they seek to protect youngters Evening Standard · Feb 16
Keir Starmer promises smartphone crackdown for under-16s within months Measures could include a minimum age limit for social media, restrictions on infinite scrolling and preventing children from speaking with online chatbots The Independent UK · Feb 15
No online platform gets ‘free pass’ when it comes to child safety, says Starmer The Prime Minister was speaking as he set out plans to bolster the protection of young people online. Evening Standard · Feb 15
Broadband and mobile firms pledge to stop unexpected bill increases Providers will also make it easier for vulnerable consumers to access social tariffs under the Government’s new Telecoms Consumer Charter. Evening Standard · Feb 11
Every young person in London deserves a pathway to a brighter future Most of the business community thinks that AI will displace a large number of existing jobs Evening Standard · Feb 9
The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Feb 9
Barnsley rebranded UK’s first ‘tech town’ as US giants join AI push Minister announces Microsoft, Cisco and Adobe to help apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businesses The Guardian - UK · Feb 3
UK’s first Government-backed Tech Town named Schools and colleges, businesses and hospitals in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, will receive Government support to develop AI tools and digital skills. Evening Standard · Feb 3
The industrial town that’s set to become a UK tech and AI hub Barnsley has been named the UK’s first ‘Tech Town’ and will now benefit from increased AI opportunities The Independent UK · Feb 3
Swinney blasts Labour’s ‘betrayal’ as Waspi women again denied compensation Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney said it is ‘deeply regrettable’ women who lost out after state pension changes will not be compensated. Evening Standard · Jan 29
Evening Standard · Jan 29 Scotland ‘leading technological revolution’ with AI Growth Zone – Liz Kendall The UK Government has chosen Lanarkshire as the site of the new specialist zone, which aims to boost the development of data centres and similar.
Evening Standard · Jan 29 Holyrood election must be ‘referendum on SNP’s record’, says Liz Kendall The UK Science and Technology Secretary was speaking as she visited the site of Scotland’s first AI Growth Zone in Lanarkshire on Thursday.
The Independent UK · Jan 29 Millions of Waspi women ‘betrayed’ as government refuses to grant compensation over state pension age changes Labour work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden apologised that women born in the 1950s were not sent individual letters about their state pension changes earlier, but said a flat-rate scheme could have cost £10bn
Evening Standard · Jan 29 AI benefits to be felt ‘across community’, Kendall says as growth zone announced The latest of the UK Government’s AI growth zones is being sited in Lanarkshire.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28 Artificial intelligence will cost jobs, admits Liz Kendall UK technology secretary also announced plans to train up to 10 million Britons in AI skills to help workforce adapt
The Independent UK · Jan 28 How to sign up for the UK government’s free AI courses scheme Technology secretary, Liz Kendall, says the scheme aims to give ‘people the skills and confidence they need to seize the opportunities AI brings’
Evening Standard · Jan 27 Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK There are concerns about workers misusing the technology.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 27 Pressure grows on ministers to end secrecy over UK medicines deal with Trump Critics say government hiding true cost of agreement ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’
The Independent UK · Jan 21 Britain’s new ‘top habit’ is also ranked its ‘least enjoyable’ Previous research found connection between ‘doomscrolling’ and feelings of existential anxiety, despair, distrust, and suspicion of others
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20 Hugh Grant and Esther Ghey sign letter backing under-16s social media ban in UK Actor and mother of Brianna Ghey among signatories of letter to three party leaders ahead of Lords vote
The Independent UK · Jan 20 Doomscrolling breaks and overnight curfews considered as part of social media crackdown plans, minister says Tech secretary Liz Kendall announces a ‘swift’ consultation on banning children using social media, with a verdict expected by the summer