UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver a speech at the Mansion House dinner on Tuesday, focusing on AI opportunities in financial services and announcing a 'Financial Services AI Adoption Plan' base…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will launch a City 'skills compact' on Tuesday, committing financial firms including Barclays and Lloyds to retrain thousands of workers for the AI revolution. The government-…
UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall backed British driverless car companies, warning that failure to support them would leave the UK reliant on US firms. Her stance contrasts with Andy Bur…
Scotland's governing SNP voted to freeze all new datacentre projects, threatening a core pillar of the UK's AI strategy that relies on Scotland's renewable energy. The moratorium could halt 24 hypersc…
UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan said AI and technology will remain a priority under likely next prime minister Andy Burnham, citing meetings with Burnham and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall. Narayan …
Andy Burnham, expected to become UK prime minister as soon as July 20, 2026, is reportedly set to end the NHS's 330-million-pound data contract with Palantir, according to multiple UK outlets. The Pal…
Andy Burnham, set to become prime minister within three weeks, used TikTok to rate AI-generated mock-ups of his proposed 'No10 North' in Manchester, promoting his 'Manchesterism' agenda to decentraliz…
Steve Rigby argues that incoming UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has a chance to restore business confidence by focusing on AI, devolution, and regional development, drawing on his successful record as…
Andy Burnham's plan for a massive council house-building program, inspired by the 1970s, could reduce overall housing construction by diverting investment from private developers, according to Savills…
Andy Burnham delivered a speech at Manchester's People's History Museum outlining a vision of council houses, factories, and state control of utilities, which critics say looks backward rather than fo…
Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch warned of a 'summer of chaos' under Labour MP Andy Burnham's likely upcoming premiership, claiming investment decisions would stall and markets would react to tax ris…
Global tech stocks experienced extreme volatility this week, with AI-related shares swinging sharply amid concerns about high capital expenditure and rising chip costs. Apple's price hike on iPads and…
Labour should adopt a 'Gamer's Charter' to win over young male voters who are increasingly backing Reform UK, according to a political analysis. The proposal aims to address the disaffection of Gen-Z …
A newsletter roundup discusses Andy Burnham's political influence, AI in planning systems, Ukraine's open data, and the discovery of Liz Truss's 'Jenga' lectern.…
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure to resign as Labour Party colleagues conclude his time is up, with rival Andy Burnham set to challenge for leadership. Starmer has vowed to sta…
Allies of Andy Burnham are already developing policy ideas for a potential future Labour leadership bid, even as the Greater Manchester mayor focuses on winning next week's Makerfield by-election. The…
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester and a challenger to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, called for tighter regulation of AI, Big Tech, and key industries in a Times article, warning that regulatory…