The new UK Government is developing an AI strategy that prioritises public sector adoption over direct industry investment, as part of broader cost-cutting measures ahead of the autumn budget. Since taking office, the government has been reviewing AI-related expenditures and has already cancelled £1.3 billion worth of investments in related technologies proposed by the previous...
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Yvette Cooper vows to crack down on those ‘pushing hateful beliefs’ online
Yvette Cooper launches new counter-terrorism strategy to tackle extremism following disorder Home secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged to crack down on people “pushing harmful and hateful beliefs” and “kickstart” a new approach to clamp down on extremism following the riots that erupted across the UK earlier this month. The Home Office commissioned a “rapid sprint”...
UK Tech Startups Drop 11%—First Decline Since 2022
The number of tech startups being founded in the U.K. has suffered its first “marked decline” since 2022, according to accounting firm RSM UK. There were only 12,318 new tech incorporations in the second quarter of 2024 compared with 13,802 in the first quarter — an 11% decline. The number of tech incorporations is seen...
UK cancels two computing infrastructure projects for AI support worth $1.3 billion, to prioritise other fiscal plans | Today News
The United Kingdom has dropped two taxpayer funded $1.7 billion (£1.3 billion) worth of computing infrastructure projects (£500 million and £800 million, respectively), to prioritise other fiscal plans, CNBC reported, citing a government spokesperson. The first project worth £500 million was promised to the AI Research Resource by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government in...
Workers get right to flexible working from their first day
Workers will be automatically entitled to flexible hours from the first day in their job under a major overhaul of employment rights unveiled in the King’s Speech. Existing rights to request family-friendly hours, which put the onus on the employee to ask for them, will be changed to a presumption for all workers to have...
Labour sets out back-to-work plan for disabled, young and those with ill-health
Mayors and local leaders will lead a new health and skills drive to crack down on rising numbers of people out of work. Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall will today warn rising economic inactivity is “holding Britain back” and will say tackling the causes is a top priority for the new government. Councils and...
‘Change begins now’: Britain’s new premier, Keir Starmer, wins huge mandate to be ‘boring’
Labour Party takes over in UK Keir Starmer will take over today as the UK’s next prime minister after the Labour Party wins the general election by a landslide. Fox – 5 Atlanta LONDON − The backdrop was noticeably light on celebratory Union Jack flag-waving. The jubilation detectable but restrained. The speech enthusiastic and self-certain....
ANALYSIS | Britain veers left, but Labour’s honeymoon may be short-lived | CBC News
The Labour Party has stormed back into power in the United Kingdom after 14 years in opposition, promising to replace the “chaos of the Conservatives” with a bland, utilitarian agenda to fix the things in the country that are broken. “The change begins right here,” said Leader Keir Starmer after leading his party to a resounding 412...
Keir Starmer takes power as British PM after Labour Party’s historic election win | CBC News
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would lead a “government of service” on a mission of national renewal in his first official remarks Friday, after his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide victory after more than a decade in opposition. Starmer acknowledged in his first speech outside 10 Downing Street that many people...
Nigel Farage wins seat in UK parliament for first time
Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, won a seat in the British parliament for the first time on Friday in the seaside English town of Clacton-on-Sea, as voters deserted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. Farage, whose career of anti-immigration, pro-Brexit campaigning has made him one of Britain’s most recognizable and divisive...
ANALYSIS | Nigel Farage looks to Canada — and the 1993 Conservative wipeout — for inspiration in U.K. election campaign | CBC News
Rural Alberta may be a continent away from the faded British seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, but Nigel Farage believes both places will be remembered for starting political revolutions. Already a familiar face to Britons, Farage has injected some drama into an otherwise staid British general election that the Labour Party under leader Keir Starmer appears well...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s bodyguard arrested over alleged bets on UK election date
LONDON — One of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s police bodyguards has been arrested over alleged bets on the date of Britain’s national election made before it was announced, authorities said Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police force said that a constable in the Royalty and Specialist Protection Command was arrested Monday on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The arrest came...
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