Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out plans to use AI more in the UK with the AI Opportunities Action Plan. Dr Shweta Singh explains some of the plans advantages and disadvantages.

Ahead of ‘quitters day’ which this year lands on 10 January – and is the day most people give up on their New Year resolutions – Alice Coffey at The University of Warwick is on hand to offer encouragement to keep going with Veganuary by highlighting the health benefits of following a wholefood plant based diet.

Mateusz Stalinski, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics says, "Meta’s decision to reduce the amount of content moderation across their platforms does not come as a surprise. With X increasingly branding itself as leader in promoting largely unrestrained freedom of expression on social media, Meta has faced competitive pressure to take action."

Dr David Lees, School of Modern Languages & Cultures, gives his view on the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen who has died aged 96. The founder of the Front National party in 1972, Le Pen re-established the extreme-right as a political force in France. 

"While the employment rate remains steady at 74.9%, several indicators signal growing strains. Redundancies have risen by 67.8% year-on-year—increasing to 99,000 from 59,000, the proportion of long-term unemployment has grown significantly, and the unemployment rate has climbed to 4.3%. These developments reflect a fundamental structural adjustment in labour market conditions rather than a temporary fluctuation."