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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

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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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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