Laurie Clarke

Oct 13, 2024 | politico.eu | Laurie Clarke

LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that Britain “needs to run towards” the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence. Speaking alongside former Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the U.K.’s International Investment Summit, Starmer said that AI would create “incredible change” in the next five to 10 years and that the government would seek to embrace it. “Are we leaning in and seeing this as an opportunity, as I do?

Sep 26, 2024 | politico.eu | Vincent Manancourt |Tom Bristow |Laurie Clarke |Joseph Bambridge

LONDON — They may have suffered a historic defeat, but many in the Conservative Party feel that instilling a renewed sense of the central role that tech will play in shaping the U.K.’s long-term prospects could be one of their most lasting contributions after 14 years in government. Building on that legacy could have a crucial role in the party’s own rebuilding efforts. If they are to succeed, the 20 politicians, advisers and thinkers listed below will have a key role in making it happen.

Sep 25, 2024 | politico.eu | Laurie Clarke

Billionaire Elon Musk hit back Thursday at reports he was not invited to an upcoming U.K. investment summit over his incendiary social media posts about far-right riots that engulfed swathes of the country this summer. “I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts,” Musk wrote on X in response to a post sharing the news of Britain's snub, which was first reported by the BBC.

Aug 20, 2024 | politico.eu | Laurie Clarke

LONDON — It was a freak yachting accident that gripped the world. And the disappearance of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch in stormy seas off the coast of Sicily was even made stranger by the fact that two days earlier, his business partner Stephen Chamberlain was fatally injured in a car accident. As long-standing business associates, the pair were tried as co-defendants in a fraud trial over the sale of software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion (£7 billion).

Aug 19, 2024 | politico.eu | Laurie Clarke

LONDON — Tony Blair proposes closing most local GP surgeries and replacing them with super primary care centers, a leaked report shows. The former prime minister’s report envisages a radical overhaul of the NHS, calling on the U.K.’s new Labour government to consolidate GP practices, grouping patients based on healthcare needs rather than geography.