Hello to the Regulatory Innovation Office - aka RIO! 👋 Providing good, clear regulation is a major enabler of technology markets and techUK members increasingly point to regulation as one of the core factors affecting business decisions. If got right the RIO has the

Over the moon for Demis Hassabis, a true British science and tech hero! And of course huge congratulations to David Baker and John Jumper too.

📣Global tech firms @CyrusOne, ServiceNow, CloudHQ & CoreWeave are investing £6.3bn into UK data centres. This shows this government's commitment to building the infrastructure Britain needs to support its growing digital economy & deploy the next generation of AI tech.

Great to give the opening keynote speech at techUK #TechClimateAction conference today- focusing on how the UK can further demonstrate climate leadership ahead of #COP29 and succeed in its mission to deliver the energy transition

58 years have passed since the #Aberfan disaster. Today we come together to remember all those who lost their lives so tragically, and those left behind to grieve their loss. The thoughts of us all, today and every day, are with the community of #Aberfan We will never forget.

Everyone saying “no we can’t let the NHS use a proper joined up digital patient database, it’s all part of a plot to privatise British healthcare and sell your data” should be forced to read the dozens (hundreds?) of case studies like these bbc.co.uk/news/health-67…

London Centric exclusive: The inside story of how Transport for London's cyberattack became "an utter shitshow". TfL's boss says it was "well-managed" but behind the scenes the problems are mounting up... Click here to read the full story: londoncentric.media/p/an-utter-shi…

We’ve appointed new additions to our Board to support our mission to transform public services & fuel economic growth through science & tech. Welcome to the team👋 Paul Willmott of @Lego_Group Helen Milner of Good Things Foundation Nicola Hodson of IBM Adam Tickell of Uni of Birmingham

🌹 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 ❤️ #LestWeForget #RemembranceSunday

best use of AI yet? UK mobile operator O2 has created a human-like AI “Granny” to answer calls in real time from fraudsters, wasting as much of their time as possible 😅 news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-dai…

AI is going to transform our economy and society. With our AI Opportunities Action Plan, we will be in the driving seat of innovation, boosting growth and prosperity. And we'll ensure that the technology benefits everyone from every part of the country, equally. Laura Kuenssberg

Rachel Reeves reportedly considering zonal pricing “to drive growth in Britain’s advanced manufacturing sector and encourage businesses to build factories in regions with abundant, cheaper energy.” 👏👏👏👏 Great to see this vital step backed by pro-growth Labour MPs:

Great to be in 🇮🇳 to discuss UK-India collaboration in tech!

There is an aggressor: Russia. There is a victim: Ukraine. We were right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago—and to keep doing so. By “we,” I mean the Americans, the Europeans, the Canadians, the Japanese, and many others. Thank you to

Britain's ability to support Ukraine is being held back by outdated ESG rules that are stopping banks and financial institutions from investing in our defence sector on the grounds that it is ‘unethical’. (1/3)

EXC: More than 100 Labour MPs and peers have urged British banks/fund managers to stop viewing all defence investments as “unethical”, in bid to boost UK arms industry Letter on ESG is backed by Labour Growth Group and ex-Nato gen sec Lord Robertson ft.com/content/062fda…

Really concerning. Defence of the West requires weapons, companies need to make weapons. Frustrating to see so many institutions lining up against national sovereignty.

On both sides of the Atlantic, procurement is a hugely underrated policy lever. In the UK, we spend c. £400bn a year through intermediaries. But when I was a civil servant the topic was considered pretty disinteresting by most senior people.