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A Budget for Entrepreneurs. For Enterprise. For Prosperity. 💪 We’re delivering a major package to help businesses start up, scale up, and stay in the UK – and backing our world-leading science, tech and AI innovators to drive the jobs and growth our country needs.
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This deal is good for UK patients and UK pharma companies. Patients will get cutting-edge medicines sooner, while innovative firms will be able to grow and thrive.
NEW: UK-US pharmaceuticals deal 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 A landmark agreement to: 💊 Safeguard access to medicines 💸 Drive life sciences investment 🥼 Secure thousands of jobs With 0% tariffs on UK medicines exported to the US, we’re delivering for patients and businesses nationwide.
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NEW: UK-US pharmaceuticals deal 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 A landmark agreement to: 💊 Safeguard access to medicines 💸 Drive life sciences investment 🥼 Secure thousands of jobs With 0% tariffs on UK medicines exported to the US, we’re delivering for patients and businesses nationwide.
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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. @IntuitiveSurg robotic-assisted bronchoscopy helps clinicians reach hard-to-access lung nodules for precise biopsies, reducing delays and improving outcomes. Watch to find out more 🫁
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Here’s what the Budget means for the UK’s world-leading science and technology sector 🔬 We’re backing private enterprise and public ambition, putting growth at the heart of our economy.
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🇬🇧🤝🇨🇭 UK & Switzerland further strengthen science ties at last weeks Joint Committee Meeting in London. From clinical trials to engineering biology, collaboration is thriving! ✨🚀 #UKCHScience #Innovation #ResearchPartnerships #ClinicalResearch #EngineeringBiology
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This Budget backs private enterprise with public ambition. To renew our country. Spread prosperity and opportunity. And build a better future that works for all.
A Budget for Entrepreneurs. For Enterprise. For Prosperity. 💪 We’re delivering a major package to help businesses start up, scale up, and stay in the UK – and backing our world-leading science, tech and AI innovators to drive the jobs and growth our country needs.
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Our plan to support science & tech: ✅ Backing entrepreneurs with billions in funding. ✅ New AI champions to help firms benefit from new technology. ✅Turbocharged venture capital trusts backing our start ups to scale up ✅ Biggest ever govt investment in R&D
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A Budget that focuses on the priorities of the British people. Cutting waiting lists, cutting our debt and borrowing, and cutting the cost of living. Click below to read the Budget in full. https://t.co/Jyg7n1r1RR
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Big Budget announcement on helping businesses start up, scale up and stay in the UK. We are backing private enterprise with public ambition. Ensuring our world-leading science, tech and AI innovators drive the jobs and growth our country needs.
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A Budget that delivers for you. Watch live via @UKParliament on YouTube: https://t.co/owC1t44YiM
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🔴 The Chancellor of the Exchequer @RachelReevesMP is now presenting the Budget Statement to the House of Commons. Watch live with BSL ⬇️ https://t.co/Om3AZvD1WX
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A Budget that cuts waiting lists, that cuts our debt and borrowing, and cuts the cost of living. That is my commitment to you.
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Last week, we announced over £350 million worth of AI investments in the UK. This means more jobs and more opportunities – keeping the UK as a global leader in AI 👇
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With £300 million of fresh investment in NHS technology, we’re making it easier for staff to spend more time on what matters most - the patient - by reducing the burden of admin tasks.
💥 We're bringing the NHS to your doorstep with 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres. GPs, nurses and local health teams all under one roof, putting patients first and ending the postcode lottery of care. This is the modern NHS, built around you 🫵 https://t.co/TZSBL9gwKB
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Tech companies must up their game on protecting women and girls from online harm. Our new guidance sets out practical action to tackle online misogynistic abuse, pile-ons, stalking, intimate image abuse, and more. 🔗 https://t.co/Vt8r8aJSYk
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Communities in Teesdale are now enjoying lightning-fast broadband in hard-to-reach areas, thanks to Project Gigabit. Over 4,400 homes and businesses across the region can now shop, stream and work online without buffering ⚡
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There’s no route to stronger growth in the UK …. no answer to how we pay our way, or compete with the rest of the world … without science, technology & innovation leading the way. My speech today at the @UKRI_News Innovation for Growth Summit.
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A speech delivered by Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, Liz Kendall, at Innovation for Growth Summit on Monday 24 November 2025.
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