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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern

TechScape: Here’s four ways a new Labour government could use tech to boost Britain

How tech can help a new UK government get back on track, starting with freeing our data.
How tech can help a new UK government get back on track, starting with freeing our data. Photograph: Jochen Tack/Alamy

Barring an asteroid strike, Keir Starmer is going to be the UK prime minister in three days. Given the lead in polling, I’d probably bet on him over an asteroid, too.

Labour will come into government with a broken state, a flatlining economy and no money. A thin manifesto and enormous parliamentary majority means the party will almost certainly end up stretching further afield for ideas about how to deal with that trilemma from hell.

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