This lack of grid capacity is not only holding back AI and data centres, but also new housing, clean energy projects and industrial investment. Labour Ministers talk endlessly about Britain being a “science and technology superpower,” yet they have not taken enough action to modernise the power grid to help our country achieve that status.
Becoming a ScaleUp Nation is not a slogan. It is an economic strategy for the next 10, 20, 50 years. It is how Britain competes with the US, China and the EU. And it requires that Conservative belief that Britain’s prosperity is built by those who combine innovation with investment
A year of Labour failure has cost Britain jobs, investment and economic growth. Conservatives will set out a far more positive and prosperous vision where we return Britain to being a global leader in science and technology again.
Even if Reeves U-turns and announces the funding tomorrow, Britain would not get its exascale computer up and running until 2027 at the earliest. In the meantime, the world’s tech heavyweights will surge ahead and Labour Britain becomes a footnote in the future of digital development.
Labour simply cannot secure investment, make deals or understand how business works, even when the work has already been done for them. AstraZeneca tried to save a deal we did by increasing their investment. Labour still walked away, costing our country jobs and investment.
In future, we need a smart state (not Big Government) focused on creating the conditions for businesses to succeed, then stepping back, to let our scientists and entrepreneurs get on with the job.
We need clear-eyed deregulation, removal of barriers and the lifting of burdens for this most important of sectors. Labour rejects this approach, so we Conservatives must show people that our alternative vision is worth voting for.
Pro-environment policies – and Treasury funding to make them a reality – were a consistent hallmark of his tenure as Chancellor,
They will see both clinical and non-clinical staff supplement full-time workers during times of high demand.
The second part of a series on ConHome this week about the politics of race and ethnicity in Britain today.
Providing small businesses with technology and training will accelerate our recovery from Coronavirus.
The third piece in a ConHome mini-series this week on industrial strategy after the pandemic.
Building on the long tradition of Conservative reform, they will give hundreds of thousands of people a chance to support the Health Service.
This is the third in a three-part series on how to boost our economy after Coronavirus.
A modern financial system must work for all its users, not just the majority. Older people, small business owners, people in rural, suburban and coastal communities and the digitally excluded also need access to the banking system.