Britain needs nuclear power. Our nuclear projects are the most expensive in the world and among the slowest. Regulators and industry are paralysed by risk aversion. This can change. For Britain to prosper, it must. Earlier this year, the Prime Minister appointed me to lead a

New from @instituteGC: a proposal for Lovelace Disruptive Invention Labs Is a better science possible, & how can we build it? 🏗️ Britain should pioneer a complementary model for research at the intersection of science & engineering – inverting core assumptions of modern public

The government has talked about organising R&D into three 'buckets': 1️⃣discovery research 2️⃣research aligned to government priorities 3️⃣business R&D support. This is a good idea, but good ideas often fail in the implementation. Here are my 10 tests for success 🧵

Britain might actually win the self-driving car war <— a fantastic (free to read!) guest post from @Tymtweet ! https://t.co/Lo5DbOPw9c

Clifford sits down with Sifted to discuss the UK’s AI hopes, problems with working in government and EF’s shift to the US. https://t.co/Ita9YWwF6y

We’re excited to introduce our new CEO: Kathleen Fisher. ARIA is at an inflection point. We’re moving from launching ambitious research to driving it forward. Kathleen is the ideal leader to scale our work. She led DARPA’s HACMS programme – successfully defending a helicopter

Government borrowing for October higher than expected

📣 AI will power national renewal, creating thousands of jobs and delivering a new AI Growth Zone in South Wales. 🔵 Supporting local communities 🔵 Revolutionising the UK's infrastructure 🔵 Improving public services

Say less, do less. One of the more durable routes to stronger economic growth. And why I find myself in strong agreement with Dominic Cummings. All in today’s @thetimes column: https://t.co/i0sdacahKy and a non-paywall version here:

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 🇪🇺 @philip_salter on charting a continental comeback 🥇 @eamonnives on perfectly imperfect proxies 🔎 @sciencecampaign’s Rebecca Hill on firming up R&D funding Link to read and subscribe below.

UK startup growth clashes with Labour’s immigration reforms

📰 Our latest research, in which we found 54% of Britain's fastest-growing companies have at least one foreign-born founder, is covered in @thetimes. 👇 https://t.co/lAjFMh4COP

Ask anyone about Britain’s startup ecosystem and they’ll tell you that immigrants are vital to its ongoing success. But what do the data say? @TenThinkTank crunched the numbers… 🧶

⏩ We analysed Britain’s 100 fastest-growing companies and discovered that 54% have a foreign-born founder – the highest percentage on record since we began tracking it in 2019. In other words, over half of some of our most amazing businesses exist because of immigrants.