Minister says elections to ‘zombie councils’ pointless as 23 authorities request delays – UK politics live

Alison McGovern, local government minister, said request to postpone local elections are likely to be approvedLiz Kendall, the technology secretary, has welcomed the news that Elon Musk’s X announced it had stopped its Grok AI tool from letting users, including for premium subscribers, digitally undress images of women and children.As Sky News reports, Kendall said:I welcome this move from X, though I will expect the facts to be fully and robustly established by Ofcom’s ongoing investigation.Our Online Safety Act is and always has been about keeping people safe on social media - especially children - and it has given us the tools to hold X to account in recent days. Continue reading...