Tony Blaire Institute for Global Change – A New National Purpose Innovation can Power the Future of Britain

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Another revolution is now taking place as developments in artificial intelligence (AI), biotech, climate tech and other fields begin to change our economic and social systems.
Technological superpowers such as the United States and China are investing heavily in their futures, raising the possibility that everyone else will be trapped behind these two forces -a risk the European Union is belatedly recognising and acting upon.

To do so requires a radical new policy agenda, with science and technology at its core, that transcends the fray of 20th-century political ideology.

The starting point, then, is to ask how government can harness the benefits of this revolution for our country and use data and technology to drive down the cost of public services while improving outcomes.

The speed of the Covid response -particularly the development and deployment of new vaccines – shows what can happen when the government and the private sector mobilise effectively behind a clear purpose.