The UK Cabinet Office is to take control of government data from the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport.
In ordinary times this may be seen as unremarkable, but these are far from ordinary times.
A written statement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson under the heading "Machinery of Government", dated 22 July, reads: "Responsibility for government use of data has transferred from the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) to the Cabinet Office.
"DCMS will retain responsibility for data policy for the economy and society. This change will help ensure that government data is used most effectively to drive policy making and service delivery. The change is effective immediately."
Suspicion around the change – notably from the likes of The Guardian's Cambridge Analytica jo ..
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