{"slug": "ai-minister-role-boosted-but-tech-department-axed-in-burnham-shake-up", "title": "AI minister role boosted but tech department axed in Burnham shake-up", "summary": "UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has been removed from his role and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has been abolished in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, while Kanishka Narayan has been appointed as the new AI minister with a cabinet-level position but without a dedicated department.", "body_md": "# AI minister role boosted but tech department axed in Burnham shake-up\n\nSource:\n\n[BBC Technology](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology)Kanishka Narayan will attend cabinet - but no longer have the leadership of a technology secretary.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-minister-role-boosted-but-tech-department-axed-in-burnham-shake-up", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-minister-role-boosted-but-tech-department-axed-in-burnham-ee99", "published_at": "2026-07-21 09:02:24+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 09:37:37.106736+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Peter Kyle", "Keir Starmer", "Kanishka Narayan", "Department for Science, Innovation and Technology"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-minister-role-boosted-but-tech-department-axed-in-burnham-shake-up", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-minister-role-boosted-but-tech-department-axed-in-burnham-shake-up.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-minister-role-boosted-but-tech-department-axed-in-burnham-shake-up.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-minister-role-boosted-but-tech-department-axed-in-burnham-shake-up.jsonld"}}