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We're on the precipice of something big- we've got people, we've got ideas and we're building the structures we need. Glad to be in the movement to cancel decline with Sam Richards Sam Dumitriu Julia Garayo Willemyns Joe Hill Dr Lawrence Newport Scarlett Maguire David Lawrence and many others

Lots of excitement in the room.

How does R&D contribute to economic growth? A response to David Edgerton from me and Pedro Serôdio (🔗 in next post)

Great piece by our (Centre for British Progress) Head of Science Ben Johnson & Chief Economist Pedro Serôdio on R&D and economic growth.

new for @britishprogress: a broken regulatory state has led to delayed investment, eroded state capacity, powerless politicians, zombified companies and rate-limited startups it's time to change the model not a bonfire, but a controlled explosion: britishprogress.org/reports/fixing…

Regulatory modernisation is about greening our grid and cleaning up our water, while delivering more for the consumer and taxpayer. Right now, the system works for nobody. Andrew Bennett's plan would reboot the system.

Britain’s long-term economic growth and strategic heft depend on winning the global contest for top-tier scientists, engineers, and technical founders. Following the government's announcement of a new head-hunting unit for scientists, engineers & founders, I wrote for

Finding and bringing the best talent to the UK would be one of the highest ROI levers we could pull to help us grow over the long term.

National prosperity and security depend on strategic capabilities – eg vaccine production. Britain’s capabilities have been allowed to wither. I wrote for Centre for British Progress with Ben Johnson, Louise + Andrew Bennett about how the Industrial Strategy can rebuild them.

Industrial strategy is back. But are we about to repeat the same old mistakes? Our new Centre for British Progress piece lays out how we could instead build the strategic capabilities Britain needs for the 21st century.

New Centre for British Progress report: Building Sovereign Capabilities through Industrial Strategy Britain is in a bind. We are already exposed to external shocks and internal burdens. Now, we face a major AI inflection point: our services sectors are particularly exposed, while

I'm typically no fan of 'industrial strategy'. It tends to mean govt consulting for ages, then playing back concerns while gesturing at solving serious issues, all while spreading the jam. Industry does not reward such behaviour with investment, esp. when jam is scarce. BUT: