UK Budget 2025: Government Bets on AI and Startups

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The UK government’s latest Autumn Budget has delivered a mixed bag as it seeks to revitalise the nation’s technology sector via AI and startups.

While the package includes significant commitments to AI, investment support, and public-market revival, industry leaders remain divided over whether the measures amount to a meaningful long-term strategy for the nation’s digital economy.

Greg Cox, Co-Founder and CEO of Quint Group, says, “The Chancellor claims she is ‘championing innovation’ and ‘backing working people’, yet today’s [Nov. 26] measures tell a different story. While she faces a difficult balancing act, the government is once again making choices that will weigh heavily on British ...