Call it the 'Amazon tax'. Treasury goes after Amazon with business rates reforms politico.eu/article/uk-bud…

For fans of EU-speak, this release has some absolute bangers. It includes the sentence "As facilitator of the Code drawing-up, the European AI Office publishes the draft today" which I think may be an all time gobbledygook high. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/fir…

💥 Patrick Vallance confirms POLITICO’s scoop from more than a month ago - government to publicly consult on AI and copyright proposals “shorty”. Via Laurie Clarke confirming me and Vincent Manancourt earlier reporting.

Happy to share that I’ve joined Milltown Partners! Hard decision to leave journalism&Politico, but looking forward to delving deeper into tech policy & comms.

Very happy to have Vincent join the Milltown team!

Delighted that Kate Day, POLITICO's Senior Executive Editor in Europe will also be joining our discussion in Brussels tomorrow!