Daily briefing Sunday 19th July

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0:47Lucy Powell says artificial intelligence has great benefits. Particularly, you know, diagnostics in health care, for example, and other areas. There's a huge opportunity, but there are also some challenges and there are also some issues that will arise from AI, whether that's on the workforce, whether that's on the use of other people's data and other people's intellectual property. Powell, who's likely to be appointed as Deputy Prime Minister, has also confirmed that plans for a digital ID will be scrapped. Reservations have been expressed about Andy Burnham's suitability for the top job, but the Labour Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, has told Times Radio he has plenty of experience.

1:27He was a Member of Parliament and a Government Minister, a Cabinet Minister, in two different departments in the previous Labour government. And he's actually, you could say, had more experience than many of the Prime Ministers that we've had to date, where he's not only served in government, but has also been a regional mayor. Tony Blair didn't actually have any experience of being a Government Minister when he became Prime Minister. The deputy chair of the Conservative Party, Matt Vickers, has told Times Radio his party is prepared to work with Andy Burnham's administration. This might be a shiny new face for Labour.

2:04It might be a guy with nicer eyelashes and a cheekier smile. But it's the same Labour Party with the same agenda that means more spending, more borrowing and more taxes. But we have said, where it's in the national interest, we will look at what they've brought forward. Kemi has said on immigration, if they bring forward something that's tough, that's going to actually solve the problems, and they're having problems with their backbenches, they can give us a call. We'll get round the table. MPs are being advised to set up safe rooms in their homes. Politicians thought to be at risk of attack are being advised by MI5.

2:36Its guidance mentions bulletproof walls and fog machines to delay intruders. The former Conservative Justice, Sakharisa Robert Buckland, who was appointed by the Home Office as the independent reviewer of MPs' security, has been talking to Times Radio. My experience, and those of many others, was that although Parliament had stepped up its response to safety after the murders of Joe Cox and David Amis, the process was very slow. And of course, we don't have time necessarily in order to protect MPs who are facing immediate threat. And I think there needs to be a consistent approach across the country.

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