The Latest Breaking News from Michelle Donelan

Government not anti-encryption, says Technology Secretary

It comes amid concerns the Online Safety Bill could undermine the use of encryption by big technology companies.

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

UK allocates £13m to boost use of artificial intelligence in healthcare

Funding will support 22 projects spanning universities and NHS trusts across the UK

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

£13m allocated for research into use of artificial intelligence in healthcare

The funding will support 22 projects spanning universities and NHS trusts across the UK.

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

Twelve culture secretaries in 13 years: what does that say about the Tories’ attitude to the arts?

From Jeremy Hunt to Nadine Dorries and the rest, recent incumbents have overseen a massive reduction in funding, and steadily downgraded the place of the arts in national life

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023

What is conversion therapy and will it be banned?

Major therapy professional bodies in the UK have spoken out against conversion therapy as unethical and potentially harmful.

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023

US, UK push against child abuse online alarms Asia dissidents

Rights groups are concerned that bid to weaken encrypted communications could harm dissenters in authoritarian regimes.

Al Jazeera · Jun 6, 2023

Channel 4 ‘energised and refocused’ after privatisation battle

Earlier this year, former culture secretary Michelle Donelan confirmed plans to sell off the broadcaster had been scrapped.

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

British science will not flourish outside EU’s Horizon scheme, academics warn

Experts insist successes of Brussels’ €95bn programme could never be replicated by a UK-only substitute

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

AI will end the west’s weak productivity and low growth. But who exactly will benefit?

The clock is ticking on the development of policy to meet this huge societal challenge, says Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2023

Anger as Tories look to get back into EU scheme after Scotland 'hammered'

SCOTTISH universities and researchers have been "hammered" by the UK's exit from the EU's Horizon scheme, the SNP have said, as a Tory…

The National (Scotland) · Apr 4, 2023