Where did DSIT go? Inside the UK’s tech reshuffle
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The UK government dismantled the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) under PM Andy Burnham, distributing its functions across multiple departments including a beefed-up Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (DBIST), the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), and the Prime Minister's Office. AI minister Kanishka Narayan now works jointly between the Prime Minister's office and DBIST with cabinet attendance, signalling AI is treated as a cross-government priority equivalent to national security. The reshuffle aims to align science with economic policy and digital services with media, though some responsibilities like data protection oversight and AI regulation authority remain unclear, and coordination across fragmented departments may prove critical for the tech sector's momentum.
