No 10 says PM writes ‘most of his own speeches’ after aide seen using ChatGPT

Downing Street said Andy Burnham writes most of his own speeches after a photograph appeared to show an aide using ChatGPT to review a draft of his address to the Welsh Labour conference. The exchange prompted scrutiny of the Prime Minister’s speechwriting, though the chatbot’s suggested changes were reportedly not used.

The aide asked for feedback on an already-written passage, and ChatGPT suggested making it “a little more emotive”. Burnham’s speech argued that industry had given Welsh communities a sense of belonging through workplaces, clubs, sports teams, choirs and unions; he also said mine, factory and steelworks closures had weakened communities’ ability to shape their futures. Reform UK chairman Lee Anderson mocked the episode.