Budget 2025 Briefing: Chancellor Rachel Reeves sets out plans to deliver almost £5bn in savings by 2031 through workforce reductions and a greater use of AI. Reeves’ opening gambit saw her inform MPs that public funds should not be directed towards “waste and inefficiency.”
On 20 November, UKAI convened the Championing Equality in AI summit, bringing together policymakers, activists, industry leaders, technologists, academics and legal experts for dynamic, collaborative discussions on how to build fair, inclusive and accountable AI systems from design through to deployment.
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for taking bribes to
The UK Government has unveiled an ambitious new strategy to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive national renewal.
CEO of The European Movement Nick Harvey explains why the Government’s “new honesty about the economic damage of leaving the EU” is long “overdue”; and why they must “be bolder” still.
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer the Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride MP insists that the Government needs to deliver a “credible” budget plan if they want to “restore confidence”.
Words Matter’s parliamentary drop-in, hosted by Sharon Hodgson MP, highlighted the hidden but lasting impact of verbal abuse on children and young people. With research suggesting that up to 41 per cent of children experience verbal abuse, the charity is calling for greater awareness, better support for parents and teachers, and a culture where adults understand that the words they choose genuinely do matter.
The Chancellor’s Downing Street speech was meant to calm rumours of tax rises ahead of the Budget. Instead, her emphasis on “necessary choices” and “iron-clad” fiscal rules has heightened expectations that Labour will soon break its manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, VAT, or National Insurance.
Scotland’s CardioMetabolic Impact Study (SCoMIS) has launched a groundbreaking study on obesity, involving 3,000-5,000 people from disadvantaged areas across Scotland.
Rhodri ab Owen, Managing Director of Camlas, writes on the recent by-election in Caerphilly: how the result is a bolstering cause for hope for Plaid Cymru, how it has dealt a blow to Reform UK, and why Labour may ‘face a total wipeout’ in May.
On Wednesday 22nd October, Labour MP for Newport West and Islwyn Ruth Jones, joined Chair of the 1987 Committee Fatima Kamara, for an ‘In Conversation’ webinar hosted by Chamber UK and Politics UK. Their discussion spanned Welsh and national affairs, health, the environment, immigration and economic growth, and Jones provided a refreshingly honest, open and personalised perspective on current affairs.
The country braces as the Chancellor comes for seconds… When the Chancellor stepped up to the despatch box last Autumn to deliver the first Labour
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