By Robert Booth
Publication Date: 2026-01-28 18:33:00
The increasing use of artificial intelligence will lead to job losses, Britain’s technology minister has warned, saying: “I want to catch up with the public. Some jobs will be lost.”
Speaking on the government’s plans to tackle the impact of AI on the UK economy, Liz Kendall declined to say how many redundancies the technology could cause, but said: “We know people are worried about university entrants into areas such as law and finance.”
She said, “Others will be created in their place.”
While some forecasts suggest that rapidly evolving technology could lead to a net increase in employment, Kendall said, “I’m not complacent about that.”
Earlier this month, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said that without action, AI “as a superpower for positive transformation and creation” could become “a weapon of mass job destruction.”
At Bloomberg headquarters in London, Kendall, the former employment and pensions executive, spoke to an audience of technology and business leaders…
