Burnham Scraps UK Science Tech Dept, AI Minister Joins Cabinet
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- UK PM Andy Burnham abolishes the Department for Science, Innovation, and Tech (DSIT), restructuring the government's science and technology portfolio.
- AI Minister Kanishka Narayan, who oversees the AI Safety Institute (AISI), is elevated to attend cabinet — described in the source as 'the top table of government.'
Why it matters: By dissolving DSIT while promoting its AI lead to cabinet, Burnham concentrates AI policy at the top table of government while the broader science, innovation, and technology portfolio loses its dedicated ministerial department — a structural reshuffle that changes who coordinates UK technology governance.
