The UK has pledged £2bn in funding for its AI strategy, as it looks to rapidly build out sovereign compute capabilities in the face of a widening technological gulf between the country and international rivals the US and China.
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June 11, 2025
UK pledges £2bn for Matt Clifford’s AI Action Plan
Finance minister Rachel Reeves announced the plans as she unveiled how the country would allocate budgets over the next three years
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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