Revealed: Chair of new AI taskforce Ollie Ilott failed to declare Hakluyt meeting while at Science and Tech Department
openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 24 April 2026
Plus, the firm’s former boss Varun Chandra is entitled to six-figure payout, despite working for Starmer
Varun Chandra left an MI6-linked consultancy to join Starmer’s government, but he still has a stake in its AI-backing investment fund
