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Low-energy Britain is stuck in a rut - CapX
2 days ago · The Prime Minister’s drive for AI, announced this week, is commendable. AI can, if appropriately used, lead to a significant improvement in productivity. It is often said that while people may not lose their jobs to AI, they will lose their job to someone who knows how to use it. However, your AI search requires […]
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Weekly Briefing: A busy week for AI - CapX
Nov 5, 2023 · It has been a busy week in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). American President Joe Biden signed an AI executive order (EO), and the British government’s long-awaited AI Safety Summit kicked off in Bletchley Park. What the long term effects of the EO and the summit are remain to be seen, but both provide […]
Businesses will welcome today’s Autumn Statement, but what
Nov 22, 2023 · The scale of briefing, leaking and kite flying accompanying today’s Autumn Statement was such that it was almost impossible to be surprised by any of the measures announced. But if we learned anything, it’s that Jeremy Hunt is clearly an avid CapX reader. Many of his announcements, from full expensing to pension reform, have been […]
The Capitalist: How to Get Britain Building - CapX
2 days ago · In this debut edition of The Capitalist: a bold new political movement takes aim at red tape to get Britain building, the Chancellor faces criticism over an economy teetering on the edge and the Conservatives grapple with the path to reinvention. With Dr Lawrence Newport and Joseph Dinnage. Find out more about Looking for Growth by visiting […]
Weekly Briefing: Go anti-woke and go for broke? - CapX
Jul 23, 2023 · You have to squint very hard indeed to make out a hint of Tory recovery in this week’s by-election results. Rishi Sunak had certainly paid a visit to the political optometrist after his party’s ULEZ-inspired victory in Uxbridge & South Ruislip. ‘The Labour Party has been acting like it’s a done deal. The people of […]
Weekly briefing: CapX at 10
Jan 7, 2024 · This promises to be a year of progress and appreciation for a proud record of achievement. Not for the government, of course, which is facing a general election from around 20 points behind in the polls and with perishingly little to show for the last 14 years. But for CapX and the Centre for Policy […]
Weekly Briefing: Inflated expectations - CapX
Jul 9, 2023 · With the independent Bank of England acting to control inflation and government keeping close control of the public finances, supporting households, and easing the supply side, we are doing everything we can to make sure expectations for higher inflation don’t become embedded…The country should feel confident that we can, and we will, get inflation back […]