#ukpolicy — Public Fediverse posts

Popped onto TRT World yesterday evening to discuss the impact of Andy Burnham deciding to dissolve the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

I definitely think it’s a good idea to have a rethink about AI regulation, particularly in light of the wild story in the last 12 hours about an OpenAI agent breaking out of a sandbox, going online and hacking open source AI application builder platform Hugging Face’s servers so it could cheat at a benchmarking test!

This is a prime example of the dangers of speedy AI development. We need to take stock of the very real risks to society.

Slow down initially, put in sensible guardrails, so you can speed up innovation safely. This is particularly pertinent as the rest of the world will take its lead from the UK, the US and the EU.

#AI #AIregulation #DSIT #techanalysis #technews #technology #newscommentator #newsanalysis #UKpolicy #techpolicy

Popped onto TRT World yesterday evening to discuss the impact of Andy Burnham deciding to dissolve the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

I definitely think it’s a good idea to have a rethink about AI regulation, particularly in light of the wild story in the last 12 hours about an OpenAI agent breaking out of a sandbox, going online and hacking open source AI application builder platform Hugging Face’s servers so it could cheat at a benchmarking test!

This is a prime example of the dangers of speedy AI development. We need to take stock of the very real risks to society.

Slow down initially, put in sensible guardrails, so you can speed up innovation safely. This is particularly pertinent as the rest of the world will take its lead from the UK, the US and the EU.

#AI #AIregulation #DSIT #techanalysis #technews #technology #newscommentator #newsanalysis #UKpolicy #techpolicy

UK Treasury probes student loan plans, finds many borrowers unclear on terms; opaque repayment may raise long‑term cost. Read the report, discuss reforms.

🚩 #StudentLoans #EducationFinance #UKPolicy #DebtManagement #StudentDebt #PolicyReview

HYBRIDMIND42 | APRIL 2026

Paper 6 — The Systemic Floor and Integrated Persistence

Evaluating Stability Across Measurement, Time, Signal, Intervention, and Access

https://open.substack.com/pub/hybridmind42/p/hybridmind42-april-2026-paper-6-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #PublicPolicy #SystemsThinking #UKPolicy #SocialSystems #EconomicPolicy #Wellbeing #Accessibility #PolicyDesign #Inequality #ComplexSystems

HYBRIDMIND42 | APRIL 2026

Paper 6 — The Systemic Floor and Integrated Persistence

Evaluating Stability Across Measurement, Time, Signal, Intervention, and Access

https://open.substack.com/pub/hybridmind42/p/hybridmind42-april-2026-paper-6-the?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #PublicPolicy #SystemsThinking #UKPolicy #SocialSystems #EconomicPolicy #Wellbeing #Accessibility #PolicyDesign #Inequality #ComplexSystems

What if the problem isn’t access to support—
but the ability to access the system itself?

https://substack.com/@hybridmind42/note/p-194712512?r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #PublicPolicy #UKPolicy #DWP #HMRC #MakingTaxDigital #SystemsThinking #Accessibility #DigitalInclusion #AdministrativeBurden #SocialSystems #PolicyDesign

Public Health: What if a policy can succeed on paper— and still miss how the body actually works?

Public health policy often operates through measurable targets, such as reducing sugar consumption to address obesity and metabolic disease. While such approaches can achieve significant improvements at the population level, they may not fully account for the complexity of biological systems.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hybridmind42/p/optimisation-and-the-limits-of-substitution?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #Nutrition #UKPolicy #SugarTax #Metabolism #SystemsThinking #PreventiveHealth #FoodEnvironment #Wellbeing

Public Health: What if a policy can succeed on paper— and still miss how the body actually works?

Public health policy often operates through measurable targets, such as reducing sugar consumption to address obesity and metabolic disease. While such approaches can achieve significant improvements at the population level, they may not fully account for the complexity of biological systems.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hybridmind42/p/optimisation-and-the-limits-of-substitution?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=75c2ac

#HybridMind42 #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #Nutrition #UKPolicy #SugarTax #Metabolism #SystemsThinking #PreventiveHealth #FoodEnvironment #Wellbeing

Mahmood's Migration Scheme Sparks £40,000 Incentive and Internal Party Rift

UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood offers up to £40,000 to families with failed asylum claims to leave voluntarily. Find out who is affected and why.

#UKImmigration, #AsylumSeekers, #ShabanaMahmood, #VoluntaryDeparture, #UKPolicy

https://newsletter.tf/uk-offers-40000-families-leave-britain/

Mahmood's Migration Scheme Sparks £40,000 Incentive and Internal Party Rift

UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood offers up to £40,000 to families with failed asylum claims to leave voluntarily. Find out who is affected and why.

#UKImmigration, #AsylumSeekers, #ShabanaMahmood, #VoluntaryDeparture, #UKPolicy

https://newsletter.tf/uk-offers-40000-families-leave-britain/

The UK is offering up to £40,000 to families who agree to leave the country. This is a new plan to change how the UK handles immigration.

#UKImmigration, #AsylumSeekers, #ShabanaMahmood, #VoluntaryDeparture, #UKPolicy
https://newsletter.tf/uk-offers-40000-families-leave-britain/

The UK is offering up to £40,000 to families who agree to leave the country. This is a new plan to change how the UK handles immigration.

#UKImmigration, #AsylumSeekers, #ShabanaMahmood, #VoluntaryDeparture, #UKPolicy
https://newsletter.tf/uk-offers-40000-families-leave-britain/

🗞️ 🗞️ Dr Bernice Kuang, research fellow in #demography from the University of #Southampton, told the report’s authors that people are waiting to have #children because it takes longer “to establish yourself in your #career, to buy a #house, to leave the #parentalhome”.

Full article: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/london-contemplates-childless-future-as-families-leave-british-capital

#London #demography #population #housingcrisis #childcarecosts #schools #families #UKpolicy #populationchange #urbanissues #LondonAssembly #migration #socialpolicy #socialscience

📈 Nationally, the proportion of households led by over-65s will increase from 29% to 35% by 2047, according to Telegraph analysis.

CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham and CG Co-Director Professor Melinda Mills discuss the complexities of the UK's #ageingpopulation ⬇️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/28/east-devon-old-age-capital-britain/

#ageing #demography #socialcare #ruralcommunities #housing #healthcare #longevity #populationchange #agefriendly #Devon #UKpolicy #publicservices #socialpolicy #laterlife

📈 Nationally, the proportion of households led by over-65s will increase from 29% to 35% by 2047, according to Telegraph analysis.

CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham and CG Co-Director Professor Melinda Mills discuss the complexities of the UK's #ageingpopulation ⬇️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/28/east-devon-old-age-capital-britain/

#ageing #demography #socialcare #ruralcommunities #housing #healthcare #longevity #populationchange #agefriendly #Devon #UKpolicy #publicservices #socialpolicy #laterlife

Survivor of Financial Abuse to Advise UK Ministers After Public Appeal

Francesca Onody, who survived severe financial abuse, will advise UK ministers. Learn how her experience will shape new policies to help others.

#FinancialAbuse, #UKPolicy, #SurvivorVoice, #EconomicAbuse, #GovernmentAdvice

https://newsletter.tf/francesca-onody-advises-uk-ministers-financial-abuse/

A survivor of financial abuse, Francesca Onody, will now advise UK ministers. This follows a public account of her ordeal and highlights a new focus on victim experience in policy.

#FinancialAbuse, #UKPolicy, #SurvivorVoice, #EconomicAbuse, #GovernmentAdvice

https://newsletter.tf/francesca-onody-advises-uk-ministers-financial-abuse/

Mullvad Campaign Blocked in UK Amid Surveillance Debate
Mullvad VPN says its “And Then?” campaign criticizing UK surveillance measures was rejected from TV broadcast.

The debate intersects with:
• The Online Safety Act
• Proposed VPN identity verification
• Client-side scanning discussions
• Expanded regulatory oversight

Security implications:
• Increased compliance pressure on privacy tools
• Regulatory scrutiny of encryption services
• Chilling effects on anti-surveillance advocacy
Is this a policy enforcement issue - or a warning sign for privacy discourse?

Source: https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

Engage below.
Follow @technadu for analysis on encryption policy and digital governance.

#Infosec #EncryptionPolicy #MassSurveillance #VPN #CyberLaw #DigitalRights #PrivacyEngineering #ThreatModeling #UKPolicy #SecurityDebate

Mullvad Campaign Blocked in UK Amid Surveillance Debate
Mullvad VPN says its “And Then?” campaign criticizing UK surveillance measures was rejected from TV broadcast.

The debate intersects with:
• The Online Safety Act
• Proposed VPN identity verification
• Client-side scanning discussions
• Expanded regulatory oversight

Security implications:
• Increased compliance pressure on privacy tools
• Regulatory scrutiny of encryption services
• Chilling effects on anti-surveillance advocacy
Is this a policy enforcement issue - or a warning sign for privacy discourse?

Source: https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

Engage below.
Follow @technadu for analysis on encryption policy and digital governance.

#Infosec #EncryptionPolicy #MassSurveillance #VPN #CyberLaw #DigitalRights #PrivacyEngineering #ThreatModeling #UKPolicy #SecurityDebate

@newsletterTF

I had a boss once, would go to meetings, come back and ask me the same questions he had been asked.
He very often had to go back to the next meeting and alter what he had answered previously.

Bullshit.
It pays to employ an expert.

I wonder how much bullshit gets discussed at #ukgovernment meetings, compared to how many experts they have present.

Tinker, tinker, tinker.
#tossers #starmer #westminster #bullshit #ukpolicy #research

How do you spell #corruption ?
Do you smell corruption ?
#ukgovernment #ukpolicy
OUR BRITISH NHS ?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/12/nhs-deal-with-ai-firm-palantir-called-into-question-after-officials-concerns-revealed

@pre

I wanted to boost and favourite multiple times.
This is exactly right.

#ukgovernment corruption #ukpolicy
Tax lobbying 100%
Tax bonuses at top rate
Tax the super rich

@pre

I wanted to boost and favourite multiple times.
This is exactly right.

#ukgovernment corruption #ukpolicy
Tax lobbying 100%
Tax bonuses at top rate
Tax the super rich

UK launches consultation on VPN regulation and children’s online safety after Lords back a VPN ban for under-18s.

Proposals also include social media limits and age verification requirements.

🔗 https://www.technadu.com/uk-vpn-consultation-and-child-online-safety-policy-update/618958/

Does this improve safety - or weaken privacy protections?

#OnlineSafety #VPN #UKPolicy #InfoSec #Privacy

UK MPs are debating whether VPN services should be regulated under the Online Safety Act amid concerns about children bypassing age checks.
Ofcom is already monitoring VPN usage, and stricter measures have not been ruled out.
Details:

https://www.technadu.com/uk-vpn-regulation-debated-under-online-safety-act-review/615904/

#VPN #OnlineSafetyAct #DigitalPrivacy #UKPolicy

Britain plans ‘provisional licences’ so eligible fintechs can operate for up to 18 months while they seek full FCA approval.

Can speed + supervision keep London’s #fintech edge?

https://fintech.industryexaminer.com/uk-fast-track-fintech-licences-provisional-fca/
#FCA #Regulation #UKPolicy #TechNews

Don't want people to die in misery and untreated symptoms of easily preventable diseases?
Tell your MP today!

https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/another-hammer-blow-our-analysis-of-the-governments-announced-changes-to-pip-and-universal-credit/

https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-release/money-and-mental-health-response-to-government-welfare-green-paper/

https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/

#UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #GreatBritain #Britain #England #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #UKpolicy #policy #disability #disabled #benefits #MentalHealth #mentalillness #anxiety #depression #DiseasesOfDespair #DeathsOfDespair

Don't want people to die in misery and untreated symptoms of easily preventable diseases?
Tell your MP today!

https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/another-hammer-blow-our-analysis-of-the-governments-announced-changes-to-pip-and-universal-credit/

https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/press-release/money-and-mental-health-response-to-government-welfare-green-paper/

https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/

#UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #GreatBritain #Britain #England #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #UKpolicy #policy #disability #disabled #benefits #MentalHealth #mentalillness #anxiety #depression #DiseasesOfDespair #DeathsOfDespair

Sources say the UK is considering reducing or abolishing its 2% digital services tax on Big Tech companies' UK revenue by April 2, aiming to avoid potential US tariffs. 💼💡 How will this move impact the tech industry? 🤔 #DigitalTax #BigTech #USTariffs #UKPolicy #TechNews #GlobalEconomy

Sources say the UK is considering reducing or abolishing its 2% digital services tax on Big Tech companies' UK revenue by April 2, aiming to avoid potential US tariffs. 💼💡 How will this move impact the tech industry? 🤔 #DigitalTax #BigTech #USTariffs #UKPolicy #TechNews #GlobalEconomy

🎉BREAKING NEWS: The UK's genius plan to stop car thefts involves banning the magical signal jammers! 🤔 Because obviously, all criminals will suddenly become law-abiding citizens and return to stealing cars with their bare hands. 🚗💨 Who knew the solution was so simple? 👏
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2046qlwzz3o #BreakingNews #CarTheft #SignalJammers #UKPolicy #CriminalJustice #HackerNews #ngated

🎉BREAKING NEWS: The UK's genius plan to stop car thefts involves banning the magical signal jammers! 🤔 Because obviously, all criminals will suddenly become law-abiding citizens and return to stealing cars with their bare hands. 🚗💨 Who knew the solution was so simple? 👏
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2046qlwzz3o #BreakingNews #CarTheft #SignalJammers #UKPolicy #CriminalJustice #HackerNews #ngated

"What the record numbers constitute is not a country unable to control its #borders, but one that has established a two-tier employment policy. One that refuses to invest in training and study, and deflects the moral outrage of that on to those who are brought in to plug those gaps. All while refusing to acknowledge that demographics mean that #immigrants will always be essential."

#UK #migration #UKpolicy

Neglect, deflect, then scapegoat those you’ve exploited
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/04/uk-immigration-policy-record-levels-net-migration?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"What the record numbers constitute is not a country unable to control its #borders, but one that has established a two-tier employment policy. One that refuses to invest in training and study, and deflects the moral outrage of that on to those who are brought in to plug those gaps. All while refusing to acknowledge that demographics mean that #immigrants will always be essential."

#UK #migration #UKpolicy

Neglect, deflect, then scapegoat those you’ve exploited
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/04/uk-immigration-policy-record-levels-net-migration?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Following transfer from another instance (and recent semi-migration from Muskwitter), here's my #Introduction.

Professional interests include:

#education #economics
#labour / #labor #economics
#skills #unemployment
#policy #UKpolicy #policyUK

Recreational interests include:

#running #aurora #HuddsChoral #Springsteen #Holmfirth

Following transfer from another instance (and recent semi-migration from Muskwitter), here's my #Introduction.

Professional interests include:

#education #economics
#labour / #labor #economics
#skills #unemployment
#policy #UKpolicy #policyUK

Recreational interests include:

#running #aurora #HuddsChoral #Springsteen #Holmfirth