As promised, we are taking further action to ratchet up sanctions on Russian crude oil processed in third countries, limiting our temporary licence to 1 January 2027 and continuously reviewing its earlier suspension. gov.uk/government/news/uk-to…

Fascinating visit to the Netherlands. Lowest Neet rate in Europe. Youth inactivity a “last resort”. We are bringing in hiring subsidies and more work experience. And next step - a new generation of youth hubs in every community offering employment and mental health support.

It’s coming home. 🍻 independent.co.uk/voices/wor…

When Hugh was diagnosed with cancer aged just six, his parents Frances and Ceri became carers overnight. Their experiences inspired Hugh's Law. As Minister for Employment Rights, I've launched a consultation to better support unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children.

This week, @Keir_Starmer, @RachelReevesMP, @leicesterliz and I have announced a major next step for the UK’s AI trajectory 🇬🇧🚀 *𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬* A bumper £1bn UK AI Hardware Plan ✅ £750m for a national AI supercomputer, buying British AI chips ✅ A major AMD commitment to UK AI compute startup research (thank you, @LisaSu) ✅ £45m in AI chip skills funding, inc a ramp up of over 500 brand new AI chip PhDs  ✅ @BritishBBank backing a brand new early-stage UK hardware fund with £150m, @Playground_VC, led by ex-Intel CEO @PGelsinger ✅ Expanded Scaling Inference Lab, so UK compute startups can get rapid validation *𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬* 👉🏽 𝑃𝑟𝑜-𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝐴𝐼 𝐴𝑑𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒: Nobel winner @baselinescene will chair a prize that rewards examples of pro-worker adoption 👉🏽 𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑒: @RIBA and @SciTechgovuk will collaborate to reward beautiful and well-designed datacentres 👉🏽 𝐴𝐼 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ: Nobel winner @baselinescene to chair brand new institute, so British workers are first to be supported robustly through AI’s economic impact, with data from 20 large companies 👉🏽 𝐴𝐼 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑚: @SciTechgovuk and @bcs will develop robust guidance to grow the UK AI assurance sector 👉🏽 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑡: OS builder fund, to give 160k GPU hours to winners of OS hackathon; OS mentoring scheme to plug OS talent into govt builders; OS Dev Board, bringing 10 young OS developers into Govt AI strategy process *𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬* 🤝 Skills Boost update: 1.7m courses delivered 🤝 Tech First Update: 100k young people backed already, 900 scholarss, 2k people on track for sustained AI roles 🤝 AI Early Careers Jobs Alliance: employers trade unions young people govt fundamentally redesigning paths into jobs 🤝 North East Jobs Pilot: AI Growth Zone will support young people not in education, employment, training to get agentic AI jobs, backed by @Accenture, @Microsoft, @sageuk 🤝 Tech First North West Pilot: 5 areas to pilot support for young people at risk of leaving school after GCSEs, getting them onto free AI bootcamps *𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐏𝐋𝐂 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲* ⛰️ AI Sector Champion Plans: Major plans to drive adoption, with £200m to back first set of ideas ⛰️ AI Growth Lab: an advisory lab launched to give adopters clear, practical info on regulation ⛰️ Major robotics adoption regulatory innovation initiative ⛰️ Spärck update: expanded £1m scholarship, 50 more PhDs put into AI placements to drive adoption *𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲; 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐨𝐨* ➡️ £2bn from @AMD in UK AI infra ➡️ @nebiusai investing £1.7bn with three major @nvidia deployments ➡️ Major new MoU with @Cisco to support Barnsley use AI in aid of local public servants and to help local NHS ➡️ Major new MoU with @ElevenLabs to support access for those with visual impairments and to secure AI ➡️ Major new MoU with @synthesiaIO to ramp up AI skills and spread opportunity ➡️ @OQC_Tech raising £260m, backed by largest @BritishBBank investment to date ➡️ @reflection_a expanding into UK, hiring 100 employees within 12 months, and 1,000 within 3 years (welcome @MishaLaskin) ➡️ @Replit announcing UK office opening ➡️ @amazon announcing £1bn investment in Midlands, creating 2,800 jobs ➡️ @Arkdatacentres investing £807m to expand existing campus ➡️ @n8n_io investing in further 200 AI jobs over next 3 years, thanks @JanOberhauser ➡️ @ErosUniverse_, leading Bollywood distributor, investing £265m and backing 3,000 jobs in AI and creative sectors ➡️ @ARLQ_AI investing £45m for UK R&D ➡️ @CocoRobotics announcing UK debut with major Deliveroo partnership ➡️ Midlands Mindforge go live to invest in Midlands firms

People have been rightly shocked by the brutal attack in north Belfast, but the police must be allowed to do their job so the law can take its course. /1

The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable. There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere. It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it. Those responsible will feel the full force of the law. I’ve spoken to the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to convey my thanks to them and the frontline emergency services for their bravery in keeping people safe. I’ve also spoken to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to discuss the ongoing situation. Appealing for calm must be the priority, and that is what I urge now. We must let the police get on with their work.

He turns up with a hard hat for a picture but he really doesn’t have a clue. Labour saved over 500 jobs at Grangemouth with a £120 million package and we’ve just announced £350 million to support the chemicals sector. We’re on the side of the workers - he just pretends to be.

Should you have to choose between caring for someone you love and keeping your job? As Minister for Employment Rights, I've launched a consultation on workplace protections for unpaid carers and parents of seriously ill children. I want to hear from you ⬇️

We’ve launched the Scaleup Concierge Service to help the UK’s fastest-growing companies scale, with direct support on funding, regulation, contracts and hiring. Backing businesses to grow here, not go elsewhere. More investment. More jobs. More UK winners 🇬🇧

Lots of good stuff in the UK's new AI Hardware Plan, announced by @leicesterliz today. Great to see it building on both the AI Opportunities Action Plan and @ARIA_research's work on the Scaling Inference Lab. Lots to do, but this is smart, focused and appropriately ambitious.

Millions could re-enter the workforce if better workplace protections for unpaid carers were implemented. That’s why we’re consulting on possible changes to pay and leave entitlements. Have your say: ow.ly/SRRY50Z9fRw

RT @MayorofLondon: London is already the tech capital of Europe. Now we’re securing our future as a global leader in AI. t.co/BnBgJ…

I want to find the UK’s first trillion-dollar firm. That’s why this morning I've unveiled our bespoke concierge service to support businesses of the future to start, scale, and stay in the UK. When I say I’m aggressively ambitious in pursuit of economic growth, I mean it.

I'm determined to build a future where everyone, whatever their background, can fulfil their potential. I've tasked delivery partners with reaching 400,000 kids in the most disadvantaged schools in our TechFirst scheme. My speech today at the government's AI Adoption Summit ⬇️

A very exciting day for @ElevenLabs in the UK. We just signed an MOU with the UK Government to find new ways to use voice AI to improve access to public services for people across the country! We are also expanding our presence: doubling headcount & moving to a new office!

Our £1.1 billion plan is backing the British firms developing the next generation of AI hardware. So we get more jobs, more growth, and more control over the technologies our future depends on. I'm backing Britain because I believe in Britain.

The energy at London Tech Week today was incredible, and the businesses I spoke to made it clear that Britain is the place to start and scale a tech company. These are the people with the ideas and innovations that are driving the UK forward.

What a way to arrive at the #AI Adoption Summit at the Science Museum - in a self-driving car, courtesy of @wayve_ai, one of 🇬🇧’s most exciting & innovative AI companies.

Voice AI will fundamentally improve access to public services. We're partnering with the UK Government to make it easier to access information and services online - especially for people who are visually impaired, struggle to read, or have difficulty navigating the internet.