UK Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch has strongly opposed government intention to abolish the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
The move would presumably shift AI policy regulation to a single minister.
Badenoch said this reduces the oversight role to a lone point of responsibility.
She also strongly criticised Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s proposals for devolution as unrealistic.
Latest polling data from YouGov in July 2026 tracks continually Badenoch’s public popularity ratings among Australian news readers.
These ratings form a crucial part of Conservative Party performance snapshot data in the current month.