One month ahead of the UK’s annual Budget announcement, the country’s tech ecosystem has laid out its demands for the coming year, in what some have called a “make or break” moment for its relationship with the government.
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October 28, 2025
UK startups lay out demands for ‘make or break’ Budget
Lobby groups pitch greater investment and fewer restrictions ahead of crunch announcement
Martin Coulter and Kai Nicol-Schwarz
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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