Badenoch criticises move to close department and put ‘one guy in Cabinet’ on AI

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch delivers a speech at the Institute of Engineering and Technology in central London (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch has criticised Andy Burnham’s decision to close down the technology department and replace it with “one guy in Cabinet”, as she took aim at the Prime Minister’s first days in office.

The Conservative leader said the lack of business experience in the Prime Minister’s new Cabinet was “terrifying”, in a speech in central London squarely focused on Mr Burnham’s first week in the job.