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Practical AI resources for UK policymakers

September 18, 2026 · Last updated on September 21, 2026
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Workshop prompts

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Draft a briefing on a proposal to improve adult skills in England.

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Draft a briefing for a UK minister on a proposal to improve adult skills in England. Use the attached public evidence. Compare delivery options, costs, employer needs and access for learners. Flag evidence gaps and devolved responsibilities.

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Draft a briefing for a UK minister on a proposal to improve adult skills in England. Use the attached public evidence. Compare delivery options, costs, employer needs and access for learners. Flag evidence gaps and devolved responsibilities. Return a one-page brief with options, trade-offs, source references and three questions for officials.

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Policy & Legislative Analysis

Using the Railways Bill, its explanatory notes and the government’s rail freight factsheet, summarise the proposed changes affecting rail freight, including Great British Railways’ responsibilities, freight growth and access to the rail network.

Who is affected? What are the implementation questions? Cite clauses and pages where available; distinguish proposals from current law and state territorial scope.

Start here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/railways-bill/railways-bill-rail-freight

Select committee preparation

Prepare for the Education Committee’s 15 September 2026 hearing on “Every Child Achieving and Thriving”. Using published inquiry evidence, draft an extremely detailed brief and questions for the announced witnesses.

Link questions to evidence. Flag conflicting accounts, gaps and follow-ups. Use only material available before the hearing.

Source: https://committees.parliament.uk/event/28200/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

Public and stakeholder engagement

Using MHCLG’s “Reforms to the statutory consultee system: government response” (17 August 2026), group the reported views by theme. Show agreement, disagreement and evidence gaps. Visualise in detail.

UK funding options tool

Build an interactive UK funding options tool using the “Public sector spending” Excel workbook from HM Treasury:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-statistics-release-july-2026

Use the latest year and main spending categories from one table, avoiding double-counting. Preserve the original data and keep the source, year, units and total visible in GBP.

Add sliders and numeric inputs for allocations, a before-and-after chart, changes in GBP and percentages, a remaining-balance indicator and a reset button.

Keep the funding envelope fixed. Flag overspending and negative allocations; don’t silently rebalance categories.

Use a clean, accessible design which will wow

Exercise 4: Investigate a Bill

Research the Railways Bill with a focus on rail freight, using the Bill, explanatory notes, parliamentary briefings and published stakeholder evidence.

Identify the five most consequential changes for rail freight, who gains or faces new burdens, and the strongest arguments for and against each. Compare conflicting claims and investigate implementation costs and evidence gaps.

Produce a balanced ministerial briefing with five scrutiny questions and linked sources. Distinguish proposed changes from current law.

Start here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/railways-bill/railways-bill-rail-freight

Exercise 5: Build a committee briefing deck

Create a polished six-slide briefing deck for an Economic Affairs Committee member preparing for the 13 October 2026 hearing on fiscal devolution in England.

Research the published inquiry evidence. Cover the key proposals, stakeholder perspectives, funding trade-offs, unresolved tensions and six sharp scrutiny questions.

Include a stakeholder map, a sourced chart, concise speaker notes and source links. Tailor questions to announced witnesses where available; otherwise organise them by stakeholder role without inventing names.

Make it visually compelling and easy to scan before the hearing.

Start here: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/9761/fiscal-devolution-in-england

Exercise 6: Find the patterns

Analyse the published results of MHCLG’s statutory-consultee reform consultation. Extract reported response counts and percentages into a spreadsheet, recording the question, denominator and source.

Build a dashboard showing where support is strongest, where views divide and which proposals attracted the most responses. Separate respondents’ views from government decisions.

Include three clear charts and a short explanation of the most interesting findings. Flag missing data; don’t infer individual responses or treat respondents as representative of the public.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforms-to-the-statutory-consultee-system/outcome/reforms-to-the-statutory-consultee-system-government-response

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