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Keir Starmer gives speech on AI and technology policy – UK politics live

Prime minister marks start of London Tech Week saying UK can lead the world in technological revolution Starmer praised the tech entrepreneurs in his audience for their contribution to the UK’s tech investment record. (See 9.24am .) Half of all European tech investment in this country – that’s a profound achievement and it belongs to so many people in this room. But that hasn’t happened by accident. Each one of those investments is an endorsement of British talent, of British industry, and of the approach that Britain is taking, approach that has in no small part been shaped by so many people in this room and by the conversations that we’ve had in the last two years. Britain is the third-largest technology economy in the world. Our start-ups have raised close to half of all European investment in tech this year. Continue reading...