Levelling up secretary on media round this morning as No 10 tries to calm things down after Johnson and two of his most loyal supporters resigned
Sunak is now taking questions at the London Tech Week. He is in a Q&A with Demis Hassabis from Google’s DeepMind.
He says the UK was at the forefront of inventions during the industrial revolution. Going forward, he says regulation is key; you need a balance between regulation that supports innovation but also puts appropriate protections in place.
What’s the single most important reason innovators like you should choose this country? The answer is leadership. Do you trust the people in charge to really get what you’re trying to do
With this government, and with me as your prime minister, you can judge us not by our words, but our actions. It’s this government that’s building the most pro-investment tax regime, that’s increasing public R&D investment to record levels, that’s making our visa system for international talent one of the most competitive in the world, but overhauling our listing rules to make it easier for companies to raise public funding and changing our pension rules to unlock new private capital.
