In his first week in office, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced sweeping ‘machinery of government’ changes, including abolishing the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), established in 2023. However, to those working on online safety and information threats, these machinery of government changes may be more welcome. Removing one of the seven departments responsible for this policy area is a simplification and an opportunity to establish more cross-Whitehall coherence. Furthermore, articulating DCMS’ responsibility over 'information resilience –- which could be defined as securing the ability to access, assess and establish trust in information and its sources, despite threats and systemic challenges in the information environment – could allow HMG to develop a more strategic approach with online and offline resilience efforts driven by DCMS. A Strategic Approach to ‘Information Resilience’There is a growing consensus across Whitehall that information threats are a national security concern with, for instance, the 2025 National Security Strategy characterising disinformation and the malign use of social media as a threat to social cohesion and public trust.