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    Tech investor Ian Hogarth to chair Government’s AI taskforce

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Tech investor and artificial intelligence specialist Ian Hogarth has said he is “honoured” to be chosen to chair the Government’s new AI Foundation Model Taskforce. Mr Hogarth co-founded Plural Platform, an early-stage venture […] More

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    Michael Gove issues grovelling live TV apology over newly-emerged Partygate footage

    Michael Gove has apologised in response to new footage showing Tory staff joking at their lockdown Christmas party that they were ‘bending the rules’.At least 24 people are thought to have been at the party at the Conservative Party HQ at the end of 2020.”It’s terrible…the fact this party went ahead is indefensible”, he told Sky’s Sophy Ridge, adding those who were involved had been ‘disciplined’.The attendees were allegedly the staffers responsible for assisting with Shaun Bailey’s mayoral campaign.”I just want to apologise to everyone really”, he added. More

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    Rishi Sunak calls on private firms to step up support to boost economic recovery for Ukraine

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak will call on businesses and investors to “match Ukraine’s bravery on the battlefield” by stepping up support for the country’s economic recovery. The prime minister will urge the private sector to […] More

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    Boris Johnson’s notebooks ‘raised national security concerns’

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Boris Johnson’s notebooks from his time in office raised national security concerns “at the highest level”, it has been claimed. They are being withheld from him by the government after a security review […] More