Interview

May 10, 2021

Welcome to age of entrepreneurship, says UK chancellor Rishi Sunak

In an exclusive Sifted interview, UK chancellor Rishi Sunak talks tech, inovation and wanting to create a “startup Treasury”.


Chancellor Rishi Sunak helping prepare a Gousto meal

The UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak has hailed a new “age of entrepreneurship” in Britain, adding he wants to inject a similar spirit of fast-moving innovation into a “startup Treasury.”

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak with Sifted editor Michael Stothard
Chancellor Rishi Sunak with Sifted editor Michael Stothard
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