Peter Kyle

Peter Kyle was born on 9 September 1970 and grew up in West Sussex, where he was educated at Felpham Comprehensive School (now Felpham Community College), near Bognor Regis. It was at school that he found out he had dyslexia and left school, in his own words, "without any usable qualifications".

During an interview on the Rest is Politics, Kyle stated that his parents went through a messy divorce when he was 18.https://therestispolitics.supportingcast.fm/

By the age of 25, he was accepted on his third attempt to become a student at the University of Sussex, where he gained a degree in geography, international development, and environmental studies, and later a doctorate in community development.

After university, Kyle worked as an aid worker and as a project director for the charity Children on the Edge in Eastern Europe and the Balkans helping young people whose lives had been affected by the political instability created by the Bosnian War and Kosovan War, helping to establish an orphanage in Romania.{{cite news|url=http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2015/09/18/hove-mp-shares-his-experience-of-working-in-aid-camps-in-commons-debate/|work=Brighton and Hove News|title=Hove MP shares his experience of working in aid camps in Commons debate|access-date=9 September 2016|date=18 September 2015}}{{Cite news |last=Andrews |first=Chris |date=2021-11-30 |title=Peter Kyle: Who is new shadow Northern Ireland secretary? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-59477639 |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=le Duc |first=Frank |date=2013-05-14 |title=Brighton's next Labour leader? |url=https://thelatest.co.uk/brighton/2013/05/14/brightons-next-labour-leader/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Latest TV Brighton |language=en-GB}}

In 2006, Kyle became a Cabinet Office special adviser focusing on social exclusion policy.

From 2007 to 2013, he was deputy chief executive of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO). In 2013, he became chief executive of Working for Youth, a newly formed charity focusing on helping unemployed youth.{{cite news|last1=Ainsworth|first1=David|title=Peter Kyle to leave Acevo later this year|url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/peter-kyle-leave-acevo-later-year/management/article/1193968|access-date=9 May 2015|work=Third Sector|date=5 August 2013}}

At the 2015 general election, Kyle was elected to Parliament as MP for Hove with 42.3% of the vote and a majority of 1,236.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}{{cite web |date=7 May 2015 |title=Election results for Hove |url=http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=116&RPID=13903323 |access-date=8 May 2015 |website=city council web site |publisher=Brighton & Hove Council}}{{cite web |title=Dr Peter Kyle Selected As Labour's Parliamentary Candidate For Hove and Portslade |url=http://brightonhovelabour.com/2013/06/15/dr-peter-kyle-selected-as-labours-parliamentary-candidate-for-hove-and-portslade/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112191812/http://brightonhovelabour.com/2013/06/15/dr-peter-kyle-selected-as-labours-parliamentary-candidate-for-hove-and-portslade/ |archive-date=12 November 2013 |access-date=2014-07-04}}

Kyle backed Liz Kendall in the 2015 Labour leadership election,{{cite web |last=Vowles |first=Neil |date=2015-08-13 |title=Jeremy Corbyn would be an "electoral disaster" for the Labour party says Hove MP |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13593770.Jeremy_Corbyn_would_be_an____electoral_disaster____for_the_Labour_party_says_Hove_MP/ |access-date=2016-09-09 |work=The Argus}} and supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.{{Cite web |last=Pope |first=Conor |date=2016-07-21 |title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith |url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/ |access-date=2019-07-15 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}

In December 2015, Kyle voted in favour of the United Kingdom carrying out targeted air strikes against Islamic State in Syria.{{Cite news |last=Stone |first=Jon |date=2015-12-03 |title=The 66 Labour MPs who voted for bombing in Syria listed |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/these-are-the-66-labour-mps-who-supported-bombing-syria-a6758571.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=The Independent |issn=1741-9743}}{{Cite web |last=Brumfield |first=Ben |last2=Jordan |first2=Carol |date=2015-12-02 |title=Britain launches airstrikes hours after Parliament backs ISIS bombings |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/europe/isis-britain-germany-vote-iraq-syria/index.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=CNN |language=en}} He was subsequently the subject of harassment and intimidation by anti-war activists who sent him a picture of a dead baby. In response he said, "People have put deep thought and a lot of anguish into this decision and are taking a very principled stance. We need to have respect for each other's views on this".{{Cite web |last=Dominiczak |first=Peter |last2=Riley-Smith |first2=Ben |date=2015-12-01 |title=David Cameron tells Tory MPs: Ignore the 'terrorist sympathisers' and vote for Syrian bombing |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/12028017/David-Cameron-tells-Tory-MPs-Ignore-the-terrorist-sympathisers-and-vote-for-Syrian-bombing.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=The Daily Telegraph |language=en |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Victoria |date=2016-01-05 |title=Peter Kyle MP is sent photograph of dead baby over support for Syria air strikes |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/peter-kyle-mp-sent-photograph-of-dead-baby-over-vote-for-syria-air-strikes-a6757186.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105005453/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/peter-kyle-mp-sent-photograph-of-dead-baby-over-vote-for-syria-air-strikes-a6757186.html |archive-date=2016-01-05 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=The Independent |issn=1741-9743}}

Kyle sat on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee between 2016 and 2020. In May 2016, he questioned Mike Ashley, boss of Sports Direct, over poor working practices in his warehouses. Ashley accused Kyle of making "defamatory comments" against him and called for the MP to stand down from the committee.{{cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Ashley |date=2016-05-23 |title=Mike Ashley: MP must resign from Sports Direct inquiry |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/05/22/ashley-mp-must-resign-from-inquiry/ |access-date=2016-09-09 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}

He campaigned for remaining in the European Union during the 2016 Brexit referendum.{{cite web |last=Kyle |first=Peter |date=2018-06-25 |title=Peter Kyle: Brexit is a big deal – but it is not a done deal |url=https://labourlist.org/2018/06/peter-kyle-brexit-is-a-big-deal-but-it-is-not-a-done-deal/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=LabourList}} In 2018, he rebelled against the Conservative government and the Labour Party whip in order to vote in favour of an amendment which would have kept the United Kingdom in the European Economic Area (EEA) in the event of the country leaving the European Union.{{Cite web |last=Kyle |first=Peter |date=2018-06-16 |title=Why I rebelled on the latest Brexit vote by Peter Kyle |url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2018/06/16/why-i-rebelled-on-the-latest-brexit-vote-by-peter-kyle/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Brighton and Hove News |language=en-GB}}

Kyle has championed apprenticeships, pledging in August 2016 to create 1,000 apprenticeships in 1,000 days in co-operation with the council and via the creation of a Greater Brighton Employer Skills Task Force.{{cite news |last=Kyle |first=Peter |date=2016-03-11 |title=Peter Kyle: Championing apprenticeships in Hove and Portslade |url=http://brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/peter-kyle-championing-the-citys-apprenticeships/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818183705/http://brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/peter-kyle-championing-the-citys-apprenticeships/ |archive-date=2016-08-18 |access-date=2016-09-09 |work=Brighton & Hove Independent}}{{cite web |title=1,000 Apprenticeships | Brighton & Hove City Council |url=http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/jobs/apprenticeships/1000-apprenticeships |access-date=9 September 2016 |publisher=brighton-hove.gov.uk}}

Kyle was re-elected as MP for Hove at the snap 2017 general election with an increased vote share of 64.1% and an increased majority of 18,757.{{cite web |last=le Duc |first=Frank |date=2017-04-20 |title=MPs fire the election starting gun – and the contest begins in Brighton and Hove |url=http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2017/04/20/mps-fire-the-election-starting-gun-and-the-contest-begins-in-brighton-and-hove/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Brighton and Hove News}}{{Cite news |date=2017-06-09 |title=Tories lose Eastbourne and Kemptown but Rudd holds on in Hastings |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2017-40210275 |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

In May 2018 Kyle called for the voting age to be lowered to 16 and put forward his own bill to this effect.{{cite web |last1=Kyle |first1=Peter |title=Representation of the People (Young People's Enfranchisement) Bill 2017–19 |url=https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2017-19/representationofthepeopleyoungpeoplesenfranchisement.html |website=Parliament UK}} The bill failed to pass after the Conservative Party employed a filibuster to prevent a vote on the bill being held in the House of Commons.{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Joe |last2=Proctor |first2=Kate |date=2018-02-15 |title=Voting age could be cut to 16 before next general election, Tory says |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/voting-age-could-be-cut-to-16-before-next-general-election-says-senior-tory-a3767396.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-05-11 |title=Votes at 16 blocked by Government in 'corrupt and unfair filibuster' |url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2018/05/11/votes-at-16-blocked-by-government-in-corrupt-and-unfair-filibuster/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Jersey Evening Post |language=en-GB}}

In March 2019, alongside fellow Labour MP Phil Wilson, Kyle put forward an amendment to Theresa May's Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.{{cite news |last=Kentish |first=Benjamin |date=2019-03-02 |title=What is the Kyle-Wilson amendment that could deliver a fresh Brexit referendum? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-second-referendum-peter-kyle-phil-wilson-amendment-labour-jeremy-corbyn-a8804971.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-second-referendum-peter-kyle-phil-wilson-amendment-labour-jeremy-corbyn-a8804971.html |archive-date=2022-05-26 |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=The Independent}} Dubbed the "Kyle-Wilson" amendment, it aimed to pass the Withdrawal Agreement Bill on the condition that the deal on offer would go back to the British people through a confirmatory vote.{{cite news |last1=Kyle |first1=Peter |author-link=Peter Kyle |last2=Wilson |first2=Phil |author-link2=Phil Wilson (British politician) |date=2019-03-17 |title=Only our Compromise can Break the Brexit Impasse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/17/compromise-brexit-deal-phil-wilson-peter-kyle |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=The Guardian |issn=1756-3224}} Whilst failing to pass twice in the House of Commons, it came 12 votes short on its second attempt.{{cite web |date=2019-04-01 |title=Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) |url=https://commonsvotes.digiminster.com/Divisions/Details/668 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924015752/https://commonsvotes.digiminster.com/Divisions/Details/668 |archive-date=2019-09-24 |access-date=2019-09-23 |website=British Houses of Parliament}} Both Kyle and Wilson signalled that they would bring back the amendment if Boris Johnson were to return with a Brexit deal in October 2019.{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=Tali |date=2019-09-21 |title=Labour MPs vow to revive Commons push for a second referendum in bid to end Brexit 'crisis' |url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/foreign-affairs/brexit/news/106711/labour-mps-vow-revive-commons-push-second-referendum-bid |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=Politics Home}} Alongside deputy leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson, Kyle advocated for this position to become Labour policy.{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Heather |author-link=Heather Stewart |date=2019-02-24 |title=Tom Watson urges Corbyn to get a grip on Labour 'crisis' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/24/tom-watson-corbyn-needs-to-understand-labour-must-change-antisemitism-crisis |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Heather |author-link=Heather Stewart |last2=Boffey |first2=Daniel |last3=Sabbagh |first3=Dan |author-link3=Dan Sabbagh |date=2019-02-21 |title=Jeremy Corbyn inching closer to backing a second referendum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/21/starmer-pm-is-running-down-clock-so-mps-only-get-binary-choice |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Cecil |first=Nicholas |last2=Murphy |first2=Joe |last3=Proctor |first3=Kate |date=2019-04-30 |title=Labour deputy leader walks out of shadow cabinet over new Brexit vote |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/bustup-as-jeremy-corbyns-number-two-tom-watson-walks-out-of-shadow-cabinet-over-brexit-a4130351.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en |issn=2041-4404}}

At the 2019 general election, Kyle was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 58.3% and a decreased majority of 17,044.{{cite web |last=Raw |first=Geoff |date=14 November 2019 |title=Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll. Election of a Member of Parliament for Hove Constituency |url=https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/sites/brighton-hove.gov.uk/files/SOPN%20&%20NOP%20-%20Hove.pdf |publisher=Brighton and Hove City Council}}{{Cite web |title=Historical Data and Plots |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/flatfile.html}}{{cite web |date=28 January 2020 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118043715/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2021 |access-date=19 January 2022 |publisher=House of Commons Library |location=London}}

Following Labour's defeat in the 2019 general election, Kyle urged Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to resign, saying that the loss was not related to Labour's position on Brexit but rather to "dissatisfaction with our leadership and seeming incompetence".{{Cite web |last=Bullmore |first=Harry |date=2019-12-14 |title='Labour will dwindle into terminal irrelevance' – Re-elected Labour MP urges Corbyn to stand down |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18101912.peter-kyle-urges-labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-stand/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=The Argus |language=en}}

Kyle endorsed Jess Phillips in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.{{cite web |date=3 January 2020 |title=Peter Kyle on Twitter: "Jess... can count on my nomination" |url=https://mobile.twitter.com/peterkyle/status/1213200620276080641 |access-date=3 January 2020 |website=Twitter |language=en}}

In September 2020, Kyle was appointed a vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel.{{cite news |last=Harpin |first=Lee |date=2020-09-09 |title=Labour Friends of Israel announces six new vice-chairs |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/labour-friends-of-israel-announces-six-new-vice-chairs-1.506332 |access-date=2020-09-09 |work=The Jewish Chronicle}} A vocal critic of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour party, in a 2019 meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party, he challenged Corbyn "to consider what it is about his world view – separate from a political platform – that has attracted these people into our party in the first place."{{Cite news |last=Elgot |first=Jessica |last2=Stewart |first2=Heather |date=2019-07-22 |title=Jeremy Corbyn ramps up plans to expel antisemites from party |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/22/jeremy-corbyn-ramps-up-plans-to-expel-antisemites-from-party |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} He also signed an open letter to the Jewish Labour Movement pledging to stamp out antisemitism in the Labour Party, and "urges members of the group not to leave the party and apologises for letting its Jewish supporters down."{{Cite web |last=Bullmore |first=Harry |date=2019-03-07 |title=Hove's Labour MP signs pledge to end anti-Semitism – but Kemptown's MP is not on the list |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17482913.peter-kyle-pledge-end-anti-semitism/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=The Argus |language=en}} He endorsed the publication of the report by the EHRC which concluded that the Labour Party was guilty of breaches of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to antisemitism and apologised to the Jewish community. In 2014 Kyle attended a party delegation to Israel and the Palestinian Territories along with Dame Tessa Jowell and others party figures.{{Cite web |date=2014-12-11 |title=LFI leads a delegation of Labour PPCs and MPs to Israel and the Palestinian territories |url=https://www.lfi.org.uk/lfi-leads-a-delegation-of-labour-ppcs-and-mps-to-israel-and-the-palestinian-territories-dec-2014/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Labour Friends of Israel |language=en-US}}

In the aftermath of the October 7th Hamas massacre in Israel, Kyle condemned the Hamas atrocities. On 23 November 2023, he attended and spoke at the March Against Antisemitism in London along with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis and Conservative MP Robert Jenrick.{{Cite news |last=Kadri |first=Anisa |last2=Williams |first2=Nathan |date=2023-11-26 |title=Thousands march against antisemitism in London |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67537351 |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} In December he said that "This is something we must never forget. The Hamas terror attack was done in order to stop processes leading to peaceful existence, not to deliver one. They have sought to wreck any chance of peace. That can't be allowed to happen".{{Cite web |last=Harpin |first=Lee |date=2023-12-12 |title='Never forget Hamas want to wreck hopes of peace for Palestinians', says Labour's Kyle |url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/never-forget-hamas-want-to-wreck-hopes-of-peace-for-palestinians-says-labours-kyle/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Jewish News |language=en-US}}

In September 2022, he spoke in favour of Labour accepting Brexit and presenting a "positive vision for a better Britain" outside of the European Union.{{Cite news |last=Nevett |first=Joshua |date=2022-09-25 |title=Labour can't win election with Brexit negativity, shadow minister says |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-63028148 |access-date=2022-09-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

Due to the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, Kyle's constituency of Hove was renamed Hove and Portslade. At the 2024 general election, Kyle was elected to Parliament as MP for Hove and Portslade with 52.4% of the vote and a majority of 19,881.{{Cite news |title=Hove and Portslade - General election results 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001296 |access-date=2024-07-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

In April 2020, he became the Shadow Minister for Victims and Youth Justice.{{cite web|last1=Rogers|first1=Sienna|title=Shadow ministers appointed as Starmer completes frontbench|url=https://labourlist.org/2020/04/shadow-ministers-appointed-as-starmer-completes-frontbench/|access-date=11 April 2020|website=LabourList|date=9 April 2020 }} He has campaigned on the issue of 'sex for rent' and demanded a change to the law for landlords who engage in sexual exploitation of tenants.{{Cite web|title=Sex-For-Rent: Landlords named and shamed in newspaper sting|url=https://www.landlordtoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2021/1/mp-wants-law-change-after-latest-sex-for-rent-scandal|access-date=10 February 2021|website=Landlord Today|language=en}}

In February 2021,{{Cite web|title=Victims of Crime and Anti-social Behaviour, Etc (Rights, Entitlements and Related Matters) – Tuesday 9 February 2021 – Hansard – UK Parliament|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-02-09/debates/1DCB0F2D-129E-463A-85D7-482DD7F9C8F0/VictimsOfCrimeAndAnti-SocialBehaviourEtc(RightsEntitlementsAndRelatedMatters)|access-date=10 February 2021|website=hansard.parliament.uk|language=en}} Kyle presented a bill for victims to Parliament which had the aims of:

• Ensuring victims are read their rights at the same time as perpetrators
• Creating a register for people who run departments in the justice system which routinely ignore victims' rights
• Giving victims of persistent anti-social behaviour the same rights as victims of crimes
• Making the Victims' Commissioner independent of government and able to launch their own investigations.{{Cite web|title=Victims of Crime and Anti-social Behaviour, Etc (Rights, Entitlements and Related Matters) Bill 2019–21 — UK Parliament|url=https://services.parliament.uk/Bills/2019-21/victimsofcrimeandantisocialbehaviouretcrightsentitlementsandrelatedmatters.html|access-date=10 February 2021|website=services.parliament.uk}}{{Cite news|date=9 February 2021|title=Victims of crimes 're-traumatised' by system|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-55986198|access-date=10 February 2021}}

In a minor Labour reshuffle in May 2021, Kyle was promoted to succeed Wes Streeting as the Shadow Minister for Schools.{{Cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Sienna|title=Reshuffle: Keir Starmer's new Labour frontbench in full|url=https://labourlist.org/2021/05/reshuffle-keir-starmers-new-labour-frontbench-in-full/|access-date=15 May 2021|website=LabourList|date=14 May 2021 |language=en-GB}}

He was appointed Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary in the November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle.{{Cite news|title=Peter Kyle profile: NI's new Shadow Secretary replacing Louise Haigh an advocate for dyslexia and EU supporter|language=en-GB|work=belfasttelegraph|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/peter-kyle-profile-nis-new-shadow-secretary-replacing-louise-haigh-an-advocate-for-dyslexia-and-eu-supporter-41102553.html|access-date=2021-12-12|issn=0307-1235}}

Peter Kyle was appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology in September 2023.

File:Secretary of State Peter Kyle on a balcony tour of Qatar Foundation. (54337354111).jpg

In October 2023 at the Labour Party Conference, Kyle said that a future Labour government would reduce regulations on technology companies in the development and use of Artificial Intelligence and "put it to work for everyone from every background."{{Cite web |last=Manancourt |first=Vincent |last2=Bristow |first2=Tom |last3=Clarke |first3=Laurie |date=2023-10-12 |title=Friend or foe: Labour's looming battle on AI |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/friend-or-foe-labour-party-keir-starmer-looming-battle-ai-artificial-intelligence/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Politico |language=en-GB}} This led to some resistance by trade unions over concerns about intellectual property and the risk of "rampant profiteering".

In November 2023, Kyle outlined Labour policies to impose stricter regulations on general artificial intelligence research companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic with stronger requirements for reporting, data-sharing, and user safety.{{Cite web |last=Dawood |first=Sarah |date=2023-11-28 |title=Will Labour grasp the opportunities of new technology? |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/tech-regulation/emerging-technologies/2023/11/labour-tech-policy-artificial-intelligence-innovation-regulation |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=The New Statesman |language=en-US}} Kyle has also proposed the creation of a 'Regulatory Innovation office', which would expedite important regulatory decisions, the use of 10-year research and development budget settlement, in order to ensure stable long-term private investment, and a new body called 'Skills England', which would bring together "representatives of tertiary education, local and central government with representatives from business leaders and trade unions. In addition to strategic oversight of skills needs across England, the new body will also be responsible for assessing bids for colleges to become 'Technical Excellence Colleges'."{{Cite web |last=Corbett |first=Mark |date=2023-10-16 |title=Insights from the Labour Party Conference 2023 – London Higher |url=https://londonhigher.ac.uk/blog/insights-from-the-labour-party-conference-2023/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=}}

In February 2024, Kyle announced that Labour would scrap the existing voluntary testing agreement between technology companies and the British government, instead creating a statutory regime in which Artificial Intelligence businesses would be required to share with the government the results of their test data.{{Cite news |last=Milmo |first=Dan |date=2024-02-04 |title=Labour would force AI firms to share their technology's test data |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/04/labour-force-ai-firms-share-technology-test-data |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} He claimed that this would enable the government to better understand the risks involved in AI and the challenges it could pose to different industries and society in general. He also met with representatives of the United States government and AI companies in Washington, United States, including Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Google, Apple, OpenAI, and Anthropic.{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Patrick |date=2024-02-03 |title=Labour's Peter Kyle set for AI talks with tech giants during Washington visit |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/peter-kyle-labour-washington-google-meta-b1136860.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}

Peter Kyle has endorsed the use of artificial intelligence technology to improve public services, including in the National Health Service and British education system.{{Cite news |last=Daly |first=Patrick |date=2024-02-03 |title=Labour's Peter Kyle set for AI talks with tech giants during Washington visit |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-washington-andrew-griffith-google-meta-b2490087.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |work=The Independent |language=en}} He also said that "I have seen AI tools which I believe would have caught my mum's cancer earlier. It is personal for me to get this technology used in a way which keeps families together for longer. UK businesses can benefit hugely from the innovation this latest wave of technology can bring."

Following the Labour Party's victory in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, he was appointed to cabinet as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology at the subsequent formation of the Starmer ministry.

From 2016 to 2017 Kyle was chair of governors of Brighton Aldridge Community Academy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.baca-uk.org.uk/Section-13-Governors-Information-and-Duties/|title=Brighton Aldridge Community Academy – Section 13 – Governors' Information and Duties|website=www.baca-uk.org.uk|access-date=1 July 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2017/07/12/mp-steps-down-as-chair-of-governors-at-brighton-school/|title=MP steps down as chair of governors at Brighton school|last=le Duc|first=Frank|date=12 July 2017|work=Brighton and Hove News|access-date=26 December 2017}}

For eight years he was in a relationship with Czech-born Vlastimil Tiser, until Tiser's death in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/66f53213-0240-4d3b-b4f9-762c1108d5a2|website=The Times|access-date=28 September 2023|date=28 September 2023|title=Peter Kyle: It was 5am. A woman said, 'Your partner is dead.'|last=Thomson|first=Alice}} His mother died of cancer six days later.{{cite web |last1=Kyle |first1=Peter |author1-link=Peter Kyle|title=Could The UK Build Its Own Silicon Valley? UK AI Minister |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QmGa5tjLdw&t=1148s |website=youtube.com |publisher=Leading |language=en |format=video |date=17 March 2025}} He said in an interview with The Times that "2012, the year of the Olympics, one of the best years for many people, was the worst year of my life. [...] I was on autopilot. There was constant adrenaline. Then afterwards, silence."

Kyle was sworn of the Privy Council on 10 July 2024, entitling him to be styled "The Right Honourable" for life.{{cite web |title=List of Business – 10 July 2024 |url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-07-10-List-of-Business.pdf |publisher=Privy Council Office |access-date=11 July 2024 |date=10 July 2024}}

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