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Science minister Michelle Donelan requests UKRI cuts links with two members of panel she accuses of promoting extremist viewsThe UK’s independent research funding body has become embroiled in a fight with ministers over free speech and diversity initia…
UK minister calls urgent meeting to discuss coverage as X comes under scrutiny over disinformation claimsIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesThe UK technology secretary has summoned social media executives to demand the removal of violent content fro…
Amid stalemate over UK joining Horizon Europe due to Northern Ireland protocol, Michelle Donelan looks to allies outside blocThe government’s new science minister has said the UK is “more than ready to go it alone” if there is no resolution to the stal…
The prime minister hopes this reorganisation will bring faster growth, but he will be disappointed Rishi Sunak has become the latest occupant of Downing Street to shuffle the Whitehall pack in the hope that a reorganisation of the machinery of governme…
PM appoints Greg Hands as Tory chair and restructures Whitehall departmentsRishi Sunak has announced a mini-reshuffle to stamp his authority on the fractured Conservative party, alongside a sweeping Whitehall restructure that created four new governmen…
One new provision targets senior managers at tech platforms who ignore Ofcom enforcement notices Explainer: what’s in the online safety billTech executives who “connive” in ignoring regulatory warnings to protect children from online harms face up to t…
Michelle Donelan has reportedly written to PM saying ‘pursuing a sale at this point is not the right decision’The UK culture secretary has recommended the government drop its plans to privatise Channel 4, according to a leaked letter that suggests mini…
Prime minister urges public to judge him on whether he delivers on new pledges but Labour says most ‘were happening anyway’. This blog is now closed‘No tricks, no ambiguity’: Rishi Sunak vows to deliver on ‘people’s priorities’Lucy Powell, the shadow c…