Issue 083 · Friday, 9 October 2026
We read four party leaders' conference speeches in full. AI comes up in ten sentences. Jobs isn't in any of them
6 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt Brazil I was listening for a minister to make AI and work somebody's job. The Chancellor came closest, and stopped short
- Elena Marsh Deliveroo started delivering by robot in London this month. It has not answered our questions about its riders
- Dr. Leah Sandoval We read four party leaders' conference speeches in full. AI comes up in ten sentences. Jobs isn't in any of them
- James Vahid Two government bodies missed a legal deadline to answer us this fortnight. Two delivery apps didn't answer at all
- Tomás Reyes The party leaders were right not to promise anything on AI and jobs. Nobody can yet say how many jobs it has cost
- From the Editor To find out what a public body holds, ask it yourself, in public