Over the past decade, Tech London Advocates and UK Tech Advocates groups have championed the UK technology sector through six Prime Ministers and a revolving door of ministers responsible for technology and innovation.
That’s a level of political turnover that would be unusual in most countries, but sadly it has become something of a constant in Britain’s political landscape.
The technology sector, however, operates on a very different rhythm. Building globally competitive companies takes years, and the decisions founders, investors and international businesses make today are shaped by expectations about stability far into the future.
That mismatch between political cycles and technological development is one of the defining tensions in UK tech policy, and it sits at the heart of how Keir Starmer’s time in office will be judged....
