UK Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch has strongly 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 said this reduces the oversight role to a single point of responsibility.
She also openly criticised Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s proposals for devolution as unrealistic.
Current polling data from YouGov in July 2026 tracks closely Badenoch’s public popularity ratings among Australian news readers.
These ratings form a key part of Conservative Party performance trend data in the current month.