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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 5d

🚨OUT NOW 🚨Panic (on the streets of Manchester?)

Join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social inside Tory conference as he talks to James Cleverly & Mel Stride, pollsters Allie Jennings & Patrick English, the IfG's Tom Pope, and academic Rob Ford about whether the party can recover

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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 47m

Read this story here: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

And my wider interview with Narayan will be out in The House magazine next week, in which we discuss the government’s wider missions (and challenges) on AI 📰

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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 54m

AI minister Kanishka Narayan told me the government “needs to do a lot more to win the battle of content online”

Especially when it comes to convincing the public of the benefits of digital ID

Government Must Do 'A Lot More' To Sell Its Policies Online, Says AI Minister

The minister for artificial intelligence has said the government needs to do “a lot more to win the battle of content online”.

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Tilda Martin @matildamartin.bsky.social · 4h

🚨The government is set to travel to Beijing next month to hold talks with China over cooperation in science and technology, @politicshome.bsky.social understands

Lord Vallance is currently expected to represent the UK in the talks

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UK And China Set To Hold Talks On Science In Beijing Next Month

The government is set to travel to Beijing next month to hold talks with China over cooperation in science and technology.

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 5h

The UK & China are planning talks over science cooperation in Beijing next month, PolHome understands

It'd be the first in-person meeting of this convention since 2018

Gov sources stressed there'll be a thorough risk assessment before collaboration is pursued

@matildamartin.bsky.social reports

UK And China Set To Hold Talks On Science In Beijing Next Month

The government is set to travel to Beijing next month to hold talks with China over cooperation in science and technology.

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 7h

Government will publish the key witness statements in the collapsed China spy case in full, Keir Starmer has announced

The PM insisted there was "absolutely" no political direction imposed on the deputy national security adviser while giving evidence to the CPS

@matildamartin.bsky.social reports

PM Says He Will Publish Key Witness Statements In China Spy Case

The government will publish the witness statements in the collapsed China spying case, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced.

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Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 8h

You can listen here to some clips from our podcast episode featuring Chris Cash in March 2023, only 10 days before he was arrested on espionage charges 👇

The charges have now been dropped and Cash continues to deny the allegations

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 8h

📱 Cash said that data security concerns around TikTok could be “heightened when you have government officials or people working in Parliament who are potentially working on sensitive topics, meeting potentially important people”

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 8h

On the UK’s dependence on China for certain industries, Cash said the UK had been “very bad at thinking about industrial strategy” since Thatcher was PM

And that the UK was “a step behind” the US and EU in thinking about our own strategy in the context of China’s growing power

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 8h

🇬🇧🇨🇳 On the UK’s relationship with China, Cash said “we need a functioning relationship with China” but a discussion was needed on where the UK needs to “draw red lines” on its relationship with the country

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 8h

📱 Cash said that data security concerns around TikTok could be “heightened when you have government officials or people working in Parliament who are potentially working on sensitive topics, meeting potentially important people”

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 8h

🎧 You can listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/169a8e

And listen to some highlights below 🧵👇

The Rundown by PoliticsHome: Is the UK out of step on China?

Conservative MP Mark Logan, vice-chair of the All-Party-Parliamentary-Group on China, and Chris Cash, director of the China Research Group, join PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst and Zoe Crowther to di...

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 8h

In this 2023 episode, reporters @alaintolhurst.bsky.social and @zoecrowther.bsky.social discussed with Cash and then-Tory MP Mark Logan:

- if the UK was an outlier in its position on China
- over-dependence on China
- whether TikTok should be banned government devices (which it was shortly after)

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 8h

With the collapsed China spy case set to dominate #PMQs, @politicshome.bsky.social is sharing our March 2023 podcast featuring Chris Cash

It was recorded 10 days before his arrest on espionage charges, which have now been dropped

Cash continues to deny the allegations

Listen here: pod.fo/e/169a8e

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Sienna Rodgers @siennarodgers.bsky.social · 7d

My interview with rising star Katie Lam

“If you take something like asylum, the whole concept of asylum – it’s a 20th-and-before-century idea for a 21st-century world,” she says

+ her upbringing, ambitions & struggle to hand back the mic 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Katie Lam: The Whole Concept Of Asylum Is Outdated

Tory whip and shadow minister Katie Lam talks to Sienna Rodgers about the poisoned chalice of being a ‘rising star’, why she believes the concept o...

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Sienna Rodgers @siennarodgers.bsky.social · 7d

My interview with Tory whip Rebecca Paul

“The NHS saved my life, without a doubt. If they hadn’t discovered it at the point they had, I doubt I would have made it to 20”

The health struggles she's never talked about publicly before & lots more 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Rebecca Paul: Without The NHS, I Doubt I Would've Made It To 20

Conservative MP Rebecca Paul tells Sienna Rodgers about her working-class upbringing, how the NHS saved her life as a child and why she campaigns o...

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Sienna Rodgers @siennarodgers.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: My interview with Nick Timothy

“The way our time in government ended, and in particular the way the promise of controlled and vastly reduced immigration was broken… was absolutely disgusting”

+ No 10 years, culture wars, free speech, burqa ban 👇 www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Nick Timothy: Breaking Our Promise On Controlled Immigration Was Disgusting

Sienna Rodgers meets Nick Timothy, the former chief of staff to Theresa May who is now a Conservative MP and whip. They talk culture wars, free spe...

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Adam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social · 9h

The AI minister says the digital ID announcement is an e.g of where gov must up its online comms game:

“To be able to make sure that when a significant thing is happening, like an announcement on digital ID, we're winning the battle of ideas and arguments…” he tells @zoecrowther.bsky.social

Government Must Do 'A Lot More' To Sell Its Policies Online, Says AI Minister

The minister for artificial intelligence has said the government needs to do “a lot more to win the battle of content online”.

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 11h

Government must do "a lot more" to sell its policies online, the AI minister has told PolHome

Kanishka Narayan said that means "communicating in a much more modern way", and cited digital ID as an example of where government must be "winning" online

The minister spoke to @zoecrowther.bsky.social

Government Must Do 'A Lot More' To Sell Its Policies Online, Says AI Minister

The minister for artificial intelligence has said the government needs to do “a lot more to win the battle of content online”.

www.politicshome.com

PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 1d

Our game-changing flood defence reforms will guarantee funding for deprived communities, writes Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds

Our game-changing flood defence reforms guarantee funding for deprived communities

Our reforms to flood defence funding will unblock vital infrastructure after years of stasis.

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Tilda Martin @matildamartin.bsky.social · 1d

Liz Kendall has told MPs that there has been "a lot of misinformation" & "scaremongering" spread about digital ID as the government tries to sell the policy to MPs & the public

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There is Lots Of Misinformation And Scaremongering About Digital ID, Says Tech Secretary

Liz Kendall has told MPs that there has been 'a lot of misinformation' and 'scaremongering' spread about digital ID as the government tries to sell...

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time ever, we have given the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards the ability to investigate ministers accused of wrongdoing without needing the Prime Minister’s permission, writes Paymaster General Nick Thomas-Symonds

We are giving the independent ethics adviser unprecedented powers

This Labour government is going further than any administration before us to restore public trust in politics.

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 1d

There is a lot of misinformation and scaremongering going around about the government's plan to bring in digital ID, technology secretary Liz Kendall told MPs on Monday night

@matildamartin.bsky.social reports from Westminster

There is Lots Of Misinformation And Scaremongering About Digital ID, Says Tech Secretary

Liz Kendall has told MPs that there has been 'a lot of misinformation' and 'scaremongering' spread about digital ID as the government tries to sell...

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 1d

Security minister Dan Jarvis has described claims that government interfered to collapse the China spy case as “all untrue" and accused Tories of "baseless smears"

However, the Lib Dems have called No 10's explanation "inconceivable" and demanded the publication of correspondence with the CPS

Security Minister Says Claims That Government Collapsed China Spy Case Are 'All Untrue'

Security minister Dan Jarvis has described accusations that the government interfered to collapse the China spy case as “all untrue” and defended t...

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Tilda Martin @matildamartin.bsky.social · 2d

Paul Whiteman of NAHT tells @politicshome.bsky.social any tragedies that occur after changes to school inspection system will be the responsibility of govt & Ofsted

- "any damage done to workers as a result, or worse, further tragedy sits on their shoulders”

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Further Ofsted Inspection Tragedy Will Be On Government Shoulders, Union Warns

Any tragedies that occur after changes to the school inspection system will be the responsibility of the government and Ofsted, an education union ...

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 2d

An education union has warned government that any further tragedies related to Ofsted school inspections will be on its shoulders

The National Association of Head Teachers is urging ministers to ditch planned reforms to how inspections are done, warning that they will only fuel headteacher anxiety

Further Ofsted Inspection Tragedy Will Be On Government Shoulders, Union Warns

Any tragedies that occur after changes to the school inspection system will be the responsibility of the government and Ofsted, an education union ...

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 2d

British soldiers lack drone detection. Ukraine shows why and how that must change
✍️ Lord Cromwell and Aries D. Russell

British soldiers lack drone detection. Ukraine shows why and how that must change

On today’s front line, a drone is often the first thing a soldier hears—and the last thing they see

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