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Kanishka Narayan

Labour MP for Vale of Glamorgan

Elected 2024-07-04

Constituency outline of Vale of Glamorgan with neighbours greyed
Vale of Glamorgan
£185.6K Expenses claimed · rank #597 of 650
£0 Donations received
4 Declared interests
0 Red flags

How They Voted

VOTED FOR Employer National Insurance Increase
VOTED AGAINST VAT on Private Schools
VOTED AGAINST Assisted Dying Bill
VOTED FOR Water Company Regulation
VOTED FOR House of Lords Hereditary Peers

Recent Public Statements

Latest verbatim posts and speeches from Kanishka Narayan on Bluesky and gov.uk. Sourced directly from public APIs. No paraphrase, no editorialising.

gov.uk UK backs company building breakthrough AI that can discover new knowledge
Sovereign AI backs Ineffable Intelligence, co‑investing with the British Business Bank to help the company scale its breakthrough technology from the UK Ineffable, anchored in Britain, is building a new kind of AI that can learn for itself and discover new knowledge - not just repeat patterns from human data Founded by AI pioneer David Silver, the company ha…
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gov.uk New laws to crackdown on harmful pornography
Possessing or publishing pornography depicting incest or adults pretending to be children to be criminalised. Tech execs could also be held liable to imprisonment or fines if their platforms fail to remove people’s nonconsensual intimate images. Part of this government’s commitment to tackle abusive online content and halve violence against women and girls. …
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gov.uk Egg-cellent time for chatting with your kids about what they're seeing online this Easter
Parents can access the government’s free ‘You Won’t Know until You Ask’ campaign, which provides practical tools and conversation starters to help families talk about harmful online content over the school holidays The government is taking tough action to make tech platforms do more to protect children online, with a landmark consultation open until 26 May s…
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gov.uk AI apprenticeship to close digital skills gap holding back millions of workers
Skills England launches Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation practitioner apprenticeship to help businesses boost productivity and adopt emerging technology safely and responsibly Wider AI training now available also includes new apprenticeship unit and short courses made available with tech companies for the AI Skills Boost programme to upskill 10 mi…
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gov.uk Government to tackle speculative demand grid connection requests
New reforms to tackle speculative grid connection applications which have seen the queue for demand connections to the transmission network grow by 460% in just 6 months Government will prioritise strategically important projects including AI data centres and industrial sites that can deliver growth and jobs Measures will support clean energy superpower miss…
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gov.uk Government to create new lab to keep UK in the fast lane on AI breakthroughs
New government-backed lab will support transformational AI breakthroughs to be made in UK – with the country’s AI experts invited to pitch their biggest ideas up to £40 million for blue sky AI research that UK researchers are perfectly placed to pursue, plus access to large-scale computing power to drive cutting-edge research fundamental research could tackl…
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gov.uk OpenAI and Microsoft join UK’s international coalition to safeguard AI development
OpenAI and Microsoft pledge new funding to AI Security Institute’s flagship Alignment Project: an international effort to work towards advanced AI systems that are safe, secure and under control AI Alignment – making sure AI acts as intended – is a crucial field of AI research, building public trust in the technologies already reshaping public services and d…
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gov.uk Bold bet on AI to keep UK at forefront of science and research breakthroughs from healthcare, to better public services
First-ever AI Strategy for UK Research and Innovation ( UKRI ) marks bold plan to make AI deliver for UK’s cutting-edge science and research efforts, supporting breakthroughs from health to clean energy and beyond AI ambitions for UK’s largest public research funder backed by record £1.6 billion, directly targeted at the AI sector between now and the end of …
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10 more recent statements available.

Expenses Breakdown

Total: £185,623. Rank: #597 of 650 MPs. Source: IPSA.

Staffing
£136,180
Office
£26,995
Accommodation
£16,800
Travel
£5,649

What They Actually Claimed For

Itemised IPSA claims for the 117 expense lines this MP submitted. Total paid: £197,013. Source: IPSA individualBusinessCosts.

26 items for review
  • £2,400 Single claim of £2,400.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 01/04/2025.
  • £2,400 Single claim of £2,400.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 04/03/2025.
  • £2,400 Single claim of £2,400.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 03/12/2024.
  • £2,400 Single claim of £2,400.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 04/02/2025.
  • £2,400 Single claim of £2,400.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 28/08/2024.
  • £2,400 Single claim of £2,400.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 06/01/2025.
  • £2,400 Single claim of £2,400.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 05/11/2024.
  • £2,400 Single claim of £2,400.00 for Rent (Accommodation) on 01/10/2024.
  • £1,050 Single claim of £1,050.00 for Hotel - London (MP Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £1,217 Single claim of £1,216.57 for Rail (MP Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £762 Single claim of £762.00 for Equipment - purchase (Office Costs) on 06/02/2025.
  • £1,017 Single claim of £1,017.36 for Equipment - purchase (Office Costs) on 18/02/2025.
  • £1,446 Single claim of £1,446.00 for Equipment - purchase (Office Costs) on 05/02/2025.
  • £897 Single claim of £896.94 for Equipment - purchase (Other office equipment) on 07/02/2025.
  • £3,436 Single claim of £3,435.60 for Equipment - purchase (Office Costs) on 06/03/2025.
  • £901 Single claim of £900.90 for Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs (Office Costs) on 15/02/2025.
  • £1,167 Single claim of £1,167.43 for Rent (Office Costs) on 31/03/2025.
  • £738 Single claim of £737.82 for Software & applications (Office Costs) on 27/03/2025.
  • £6,000 Single claim of £6,000.00 for Stationery & printing (Office Costs) on 11/03/2025.
  • £7,256 Single claim of £7,256.27 for Stationery & printing (Office Costs) on 31/03/2025.
  • £1,432 Single claim of £1,431.74 for Hotel - London (Staff Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £980 Single claim of £979.92 for Hotel - UK Not London (Staff Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £925 Single claim of £924.93 for Rail (Staff Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £3,839 Single claim of £3,839.18 for Software & applications (Office Costs) on 27/03/2025.
  • £1,476 Single claim of £1,476.00 for Software & applications (Office Costs) on 10/12/2025.

Search the top 30 claims paid

Showing 20 of 30 claims. Total paid £192,109

31/03/2025StaffingPayrollFY 24-25
Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year0
£135,873
31/03/2025Office CostsStationery & printingFY 24-25
Constituent Correspondence Invoice [200011797-522]0
£7,256
11/03/2025Office CostsStationery & printingFY 24-25
Invitation to Parliament - printing and delivery0
£6,000
27/03/2025Office CostsSoftware & applicationsFY 25-26
Yearly Subscription for 10 staff members for Open AI Enterprise. [200012432-3]0
£3,839
06/03/2025Office CostsEquipment - purchaseFY 24-25
Office Boffins - 5 x desks, cupboard and meeting table - for new constituency office [200011462-13]0
£3,436
01/04/2025AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,400
04/03/2025AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,400
03/12/2024AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,400
04/02/2025AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,400
28/08/2024AccommodationRentFY 24-25
Faster Payment for 1st months rent of £2,400 - [***]0
£2,400
06/01/2025AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,400
05/11/2024AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,400
01/10/2024AccommodationRentFY 24-25
0
£2,400
10/12/2025Office CostsSoftware & applicationsFY 25-26
ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES0
£1,476
05/02/2025Office CostsEquipment - purchaseFY 24-25
Office Boffins - office sofa and arm chairs - for new constituency office [200011462-7]0
£1,446
31/03/2025Staff TravelHotel - LondonFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-258 nights
£1,432
31/03/2025MP TravelRailFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-250
£1,217
31/03/2025Office CostsRentFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2024-250
£1,167
04/09/2025Office CostsSoftware & applicationsFY 25-26
ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES0
£1,140
31/03/2025MP TravelHotel - LondonFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-250
£1,050

Year on year

FY 24-25 82 claims £185,623
FY 25-26 35 claims £11,390

Travel

£5,649 paid across 0 trips.

Accommodation

£16,800 paid across 0 nights.

Gifts and Hospitality

8 gift(s) received. Source: Ministerial Gifts Register.

Freuds
From: Freuds Value: 100 2026-02-25
University of Strathclyde
From: University of Strathclyde Value: 221.30 2025-12-09
Prosus
From: Prosus Value: 167.70 2025-11-04
Anthropic and Focaldata
From: Anthropic and Focaldata Value: 100 2025-11-06
Exponential View
From: Exponential View Value: 86 2025-11-13
Kindred Ventures
From: Kindred Ventures Value: 50 2025-10-07
Softbank
From: Softbank Value: 32 2025-10-08
Founders Forum
From: Founders Forum Value: 110 2025-09-19

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