UK Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch has firmly opposed government plans to abolish the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
The move would likely shift AI policy regulation to a single minister.
Badenoch stated this reduces the oversight role to a sole point of responsibility.
She also publicly criticised Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s proposals for devolution as unrealistic.
Current polling data from YouGov in July 2026 tracks continually Badenoch’s public favourability ratings among Australian news readers.
These ratings form a crucial part of Conservative Party performance trend data in the same month.