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UK sets up AI taskforce chaired by Lord Vallance

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UK sets up Prime Minister's AI Taskforce — Lord Vallance appointed chair

AI strategy is centralised at cabinet level; the AI minister will attend Cabinet.

On 24 July 2026 the UK government announced a new Prime Minister's AI Taskforce to steer overall artificial-intelligence strategy and drive adoption across the public sector. It will be chaired by Lord Vallance, the former Chief Scientific Adviser; AI Minister Kanishka Narayan will run the taskforce day to day and attend Cabinet. Vallance also takes on the chair of the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor. The announcement named no specific new funding commitments.

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