The Critic: Why it's time to shake up Britain's industrial intervention policy

Mike Lynch features in The Critic to discuss why we must protect our key strategic assets with the same rigour as we do our critical national security and intelligence infrastructure.

With some of our best companies, including the likes of DeepMind and ARM, being snapped up in their infancy by deep-pocketed foreign acquirers, this not only creates an issue of tax receipts but allows the UK's strategic technological know-how to be dissipated. Following the announcement of the National Security and Investment Bill, Mike discusses the wider reform that is just as critical, including more forward-looking regulation that is optimised for new technologies and safeguarding the UK's marketplace to ensure it remains open for business.

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