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North Wales will soon be home to the next AI Growth Zone, bringing over 3,400 new jobs to the local area 🏴 AI Growth Zones are areas that will support large-scale AI projects and data centres – bringing new jobs, skills and investment into local communities.
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We are bringing an AI Growth Zone to Wales. This will boost jobs and help Welsh businesses grow.
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🏴🚀 We will look back on today as the day the Welsh economy took a huge step into the future. Very proud of the exceptional AI Growth Zone in North Wales: 3,450 jobs, the fuel for exceptional Welsh startups, further funding to put the benefits of AI right in the heart of our
North Wales will soon be home to the next AI Growth Zone, bringing over 3,400 new jobs to the local area 🏴 AI Growth Zones are areas that will support large-scale AI projects and data centres – bringing new jobs, skills and investment into local communities.
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Britain’s tech revolution must deliver for working people right across the country. 💡 Record £86bn in R&D investment will drive growth from Belfast to Birmingham 🏭 £500m Local Innovation Partnerships Fund will help local leaders turn ideas into industries
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Honoured to share this milestone with you, @MinisterEZ! The UK and the Netherlands are stronger together: driving growth through our new partnership in AI, quantum, semiconductors and photonics. Here’s to a future of shared success!
Vandaag tekende ik samen met minister @KanishkaNarayan een ambitieus innovatiepartnerschap om intensiever met het Verenigd Koninkrijk te gaan samenwerken aan technologische innovatie. (1/2)
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@KanishkaNarayan @MinisterEZ They also discussed semiconductors and the ongoing situation with Nexperia. Ensuring a reliable supply of semiconductors is essential for the UK and our partners across Europe and beyond. Both Ministers welcomed recent actions to resolve this issue.
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A new era of tech collaboration begins! 🇬🇧🤝 🇳🇱 Yesterday, @KanishkaNarayan and @MinisterEZ signed an agreement to strengthen UK-Netherlands innovation ties. This partnership will tackle shared challenges and accelerate progress in AI, quantum, and semiconductors.
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Cyber attacks have devastating effects, cost nearly £15 billion per year, and leave our essential public services in a vulnerable position. The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will build stronger defences to protect against attacks and improve incident reporting 🛡️
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We're protecting the UK against the full spectrum of digital threats. @LeicesterLiz explains how we're cracking down on AI-generated child abuse imagery through the Crime and Policing Bill and protecting our vital services through our new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.
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AI and Online Safety Minister @KanishkaNarayan visited NSPCC’s London HQ to hear about Childline’s vital work supporting children facing bullying, harm, and abuse. He met @NSPCC and @IWFhotline teams to discuss how new laws will help experts test AI safely – stopping tech being
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We are making impactful changes to law today. They will help stop child abuse at source, give the police more time to focus on crushing crime, and put children at the heart of our plans for a safer internet.
🎥 AI and Online Safety Minister @KanishkaNarayan visited @NSPCC to hear about Childline’s vital work supporting children facing harm and abuse. New laws will help experts test AI safely – stopping it from being misused to create child sexual abuse material.
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🎥 AI and Online Safety Minister @KanishkaNarayan visited @NSPCC to hear about Childline’s vital work supporting children facing harm and abuse. New laws will help experts test AI safely – stopping it from being misused to create child sexual abuse material.
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📢 Introducing tough new laws to stop AI being misused to create child sexual abuse material. We’re empowering trusted organisations to test AI models safely – building in protections from the start.
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Nobody wants to see animals suffer unnecessarily – that is why we are investing £75m to phase out animal testing whenever and wherever possible.
We’re investing £75 million to phase out animal testing faster ❌ With cutting-edge alternatives like 3D bioprinted tissues and devices that mimic human organ functions, we're backing researchers to deliver solutions that protect animal welfare.
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You can download a digital version of the Veteran Card here:
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Veteran Card: apply, get a digital version, request a replacement, what you can get when you use it to prove you served in the UK armed forces.
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This Armistice Day, we sat down with veteran Andy Harris to find out about his journey becoming a Yeoman Warder at the @TowerOfLondon, and see what he makes of the new digital version of the Veteran Card.
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