UK Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch has firmly opposed government plans to abolish the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
The move would potentially shift AI policy supervision to a single minister.
Badenoch said this reduces the oversight role to a lone point of responsibility.
She also publicly criticised Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s proposals for devolution as unrealistic.
Recent polling data from YouGov in July 2026 tracks closely Badenoch’s public popularity ratings among Australian news readers.
These ratings form an part of Conservative Party performance analysis data in the current month.