Neil Ross
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Head of Practice for Tech, Media and Telecoms at Public First and Industry Chair @uklabourdigital. Formerly @techUK and @UKParliament
London, Glasgow, Belfast
Joined May 2011
Want to know what the tech sector is feeling and thinking ahead of the General Election? We asked 250 senior decision makers in tech companies and @techUK members to tell us, and to give us their ideas for what should change. Read 👇👇 #UKTechPlan #techUK #TechPolicy24
🚨💼techUK is excited to launch our Seven Tech Priorities for the Next Government at today’s Tech Policy Conference, supported by polling from Public First! Find out what it means for the tech sector in this 🧵 #TechPolicy2024 #UKTechPlan #techUK #Policy #Elections #Technology
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🧵New polling with @WeAreNewBritain for @uklabourdigital finds most voters see tech as part of the solution to fixing broken Britain - including the voters Labour needs to win back - but they need convincing that tech will benefit their lives, not just pockets of others.
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👀👀 one to keep and eye on, particularly between now and the next budget in the Autumn
💫 We’re launching the Centre for British Progress Our founding essay: Rediscovering British Progress is a case for growth that drives shared progress, rooted in Britain's values and industrial heritage. It all starts with a postcard from 1870 👇 https://t.co/3CKCERU7Y2
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And read @techUK’s full write up 👇 https://t.co/WIfjgl8QP4
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This is the full Autumn Budget 2024 with supporting and related documents.
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The first Labour Budget in 14 years! So what were the headlines for tech? 💻 👨💼 A revamped Digital adoption taskforce, with a new report out in early 2025 and £4 million for digital adoption pilots 🛜A Cross Goverment review on Tech adoption across the UK's highest growth
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This is the full Autumn Budget 2024 with supporting and related documents.
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I was pleased to be able to contribute to @LordsEUCom inquiry. It not only provides a good overview of the UK-EU adequacy process but also looks at options for reform of data protection laws in the UK. With the Government's new data bill due soon, this is timely reading 👇👀
🇬🇧🇪🇺 data adequacy: Read our letter to Secretary of State @peterkyle with conclusions & recommendations arising from our inquiry, published today (22/10/24) #dataprotection #DataBill
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🗨️"Greater Glasgow, with a population of over 1.8 million people, needs a directly elected mayor with their own mandate to properly advance our region’s interests" 🗣️Paul Sweeney: 'Greater Glasgow needs a Metro Mayor' Read more:
glasgowtimes.co.uk
As the 17 members of the Council of the Nations and Regions met in Edinburgh last week for the first time, Britain’s fifth largest conurbation,…
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Good hire!! 👇👇
🚨 Darktrace co-founder Poppy Gustafsson has been appointed as the UK’s investment minister ahead of the government’s international business summit on Monday, according to officials. Gustafsson, who left Darktrace last month ahead of a £4.3bn takeover of the cybersecurity
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Hello to the Regulatory Innovation Office - aka RIO! 👋 Providing good, clear regulation is a major enabler of technology markets and @techUK members increasingly point to regulation as one of the core factors affecting business decisions. If got right the RIO has the
We want to bring new technology to the public faster. The Regulatory Innovation Office will: ✔Update regulation to drive innovation ✔Speed up approvals to bring new products to market ✔Ensure regulatory bodies work together That's more innovation, jobs & a stronger economy.
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Even the standing spaces are full! At @techUK’s event, what does Labour's landslide mean for tech? Talking to some amazing new Labour MPs @SamanthaNiblet4, @LucyRigby, @KanishkaNarayan and @andrewpakes_ on what tech means for them, what are the opportunities and how they
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An important speech by Chancellor @RachelReevesMP! @hmtreasury has now provided some details on her announcements including👇 💥 a consultation on e-invoicing, e-invoicing can improve digitisation, increase productivity, and reduce the tax gap ✅ 💥an industrial strategy green
gov.uk
The Chancellor has today unveiled a package of measures to deliver on the agenda of the new government.
WATCH LIVE: My conference speech at 12pm. #lab24
https://t.co/hafXbEk1TB
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This is a sensible approach from @ICOnews and shows their willingness to work with businesses to get the balance right between innovation in AI and protecting data rights. Read @techUK's response 👇 https://t.co/OUFfw5pfIb
techuk.org
Today’s announcement shows the UK’s approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) working in practice.
NEW: We have responded to Meta's announcement on its plans to use user data to train AI. Read our full statement: https://t.co/U11ibSqfDg.
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