The Conservatives left London with more tech unicorns than France and Germany combined. Now Labour is quickly unravelling our legacy, writes shadow secretary of state for science, innovation & technology Alan Mak

I was dismayed – and angry – to read in City AM that Paris has taken the UK’s “tech crown”. But I wasn’t surprised.

Labour’s failure to keep Britain competitive in the global race for tech supremacy means we’re at risk of becoming an innovation backwater: a second or even third-rate force compared to countries like France, Japan and Germany.

Last year’s decision by Labour to cancel the UK’s new national exascale supercomputer at Edinburgh University was a strategic misstep. This super-fast technology is vital to innovation, from drug discovery to advanced manufacturing. By withdrawing the £800m of funding provided by the Conservatives, the government weakened our ability to process vast datasets and develop next-generation AI. Restoring this........

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