Fallout
Where post-election chaos leaves AI policy.
Happy Tuesday, I'm still waiting for my "body battery" to recharge after a weekend of cycling in the Chilterns. It felt a very long way from an increasingly frenetic Westminster.
Today I want to focus on the fallout of the elections. Our live panel yesterday — with Roa Powell from IPPR, Alexandra Porter from Labour Digital, and Antonio Weiss from The PSC — dug into what a leftward Labour shift, a surging Reform, and a turn to Europe means for tech policy.
Happening Today 📆
In Westminster: There is a cabinet meeting this morning and anything could happen today.
Muddled: Regulators are struggling to match the government's call for them to boost economic growth because of unclear guidance and legislative restrictions, a House of Lords Committee finds in a report out this morning. The Industry and Regulators Committee says ministers should give political cover when it wants a regulator to be more open to risk. It should also legislate through a Regulatory Reform/Growth Bill which we're expecting in tomorrow's King's Speech.
In today's edition:
🌀 The fallout of the political chaos on tech policy
👩💻 Where the UK ranks for automation potential