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25 resultsfor “US tech companies meeting with UK government”

Politics

Key Starmer adviser held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech bosses

tech corporations during confidential meetings between October 2024 and October 2025. In one meeting he offered to help a top executive meet the prime minister directly. Chandra’s dealings with six major technology companies – Google

The Guardian WorldMay 3
Politics

UK ‘invention agency’ grants £50m of public money to US tech and venture capital firms

US-based venture capital and tech firms meets these aims, or aligns with the government’s commitment to regional innovation.” In response to a query from the Guardian, Aria said its “mission is to unlock

The Guardian WorldMay 3
Politics

Social media leaders called to Downing Street over children's safety

tech companies attending the meeting. "The consequences of failing to act are stark," said Starmer. "We owe it to parents, and to the next generation, to put children's safety first - because they

BBC NewsApr 15
Politics

US justice department blocking Met police investigation into Mandelson, reports say – UK politics live

government for high business energy bills, exacerbated by the Iran war, which are [damaging steel companies](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/17/iran-war-energy-uk-europe-steel-chemicals) and the wider manufacturing sector. Reform’s overtures have received a mixed reception across the industry

The Guardian WorldApr 24
Politics

How big tech got its way on Trump’s AI executive order

US government would not slow down the AI race. During a meeting with reporters on Thursday, Trump cited both American dominance and competition with China and as his reasoning behind the reversal. “I didn

The Guardian WorldMay 23
Business

A fresh financial crisis may be coming - it won't play out like the last one

US stock market index, the S&P 500, is now concentrated in just seven companies (including Nvidia, Microsoft, Google parent company Alphabet and Amazon, which are also among the biggest spenders on AI infrastructure). That

BBC NewsApr 28
Tech

Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms

US tech company was unable to meet its own terms and conditions that set 13 as the minimum age to access Facebook and Instagram safely, the commission said. Following an initial assessment, Meta was found

The Guardian WorldApr 29
Politics

‘A tsunami of harm’: views on tackling online safety for under-16s in the UK

meet strict safety standards would be blocked to under-16s, with teenagers allowed to access “safe” apps. Currently, most major platforms have a minimum age of 13 in the UK, a limit set, in effect

The Guardian WorldMay 25
Politics

What really holds China and Russia together

meeting. Xi reportedly name-dropped his friend Putin to Trump last week, when the two leaders walked through Zhongnanhai, which is normally off-limits to foreign visitors, joking about how Putin had visited Beijing

BBC NewsMay 18
Tech

Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over AI use by US and Israel

UK tech workers that could lead to trade union representation, in a groundbreaking move that comes amid growing staff concerns about the use of its AI by the US and Israeli governments’ defence and intelligence

The Guardian WorldMay 20
Politics

Revealed: Mandelson vetting warned of ties to senior figures in China, Russia and Israel

government will now be asked whether Mandelson was involved in any way in those meetings and, if so, how any conflict of interest was disclosed and managed. ## Friendship with Russian oligarch Mandelson’s controversial friendship

The Guardian WorldMay 27
Politics

Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel went bust owing £4.6m, report says

US tech business Palantir and UK pharmaceutical firm GSK, [collapsed into administration in February](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/20/global-counsel-peter-mandelson-advisory-consultancy-administration), after it lost a series of accounts over the peer’s relationship with the convicted child sex offender

The Guardian WorldApr 23
Tech

AI engineer says Google unfairly sacked him after he protested against work for Israel

UK’s employment tribunal, the worker alleges that [Google](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/google) discriminated against his belief that no one should be complicit in war crimes and that by emailing and leafleting colleagues he was acting

The Guardian WorldMay 20
Tech

‘There is real danger’: landline phone users voice fears over digital switchover

us with their experiences as the old infrastructure – the public switched telephone network (PSTN) – used to make calls is replaced with digital lines. It is one of the biggest tech upgrades since the [analogue television

The Guardian WorldMay 2
Tech

Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military

UK workers are the first in a “frontier” AI lab to seek union recognition, they said. Google DeepMind is headquartered in London but has about a dozen offices across North America and Europe. At least

The Guardian WorldMay 5
Politics

Contingency plans in place for possible food shortages if Iran war continues, minister confirms – UK politics live

government that is acting with creativity and boldness. Kyle told Sky News that supplies of CO2 were “not a concern” now. He went on: > double quotation markIf any of these things change, I will

The Guardian WorldApr 16
Politics

Palantir hits back at Sadiq Khan after £50m contract with Met police blocked

US tech company. Louis Mosley, who heads Palantir in the UK and Europe, accused Khan of politicising procurement after he rejected a two-year deal for Scotland Yard to use AI to process intelligence

The Guardian WorldMay 22
Business

Row over job losses after Meta smart glasses sex revelations

meet those standards, and we stand firmly behind the quality and integrity of our work." In late February, Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Goteborgs-Posten (GP) published an investigation which included the accounts

BBC NewsApr 30
Politics

King Charles US visit: What to know about the itinerary, Congress address

meet [victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein](/news/2026/4/4/giuffre-family-urges-uks-king-charles-to-meet-epstein-survivors-in-us), despite a request from US representative Ro Khanna for a private audience to be arranged. ## Why is King Charles III visiting the US now? Analysts

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 27
Politics

Tuesday briefing: Palantir’s rise – and why so many oppose its role in the British state

government. It was argued that Silicon Valley should build weapons of war and build police capability. It also implied that the west was superior to other civilisations.” --- **Fears of influence** Many Palantir critics are particularly

The Guardian WorldJun 2
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