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Jun 2023
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UK Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden says government must focus on delivering results instead of the Westminster bubble.

He joins host Lizzy Burden for a fireside chat at Founders Forum in this live episode of the Bloomberg UK Politics Podcast.

In discussion of themes from AI to Westminster culture, he says the government won’t be distracted by Boris Johnson and Partygate, that Britain is on the “cusp of the next revolution in tech” and that AI is the one area where Britain can get more for less.

Dowden also insists that Rishi Sunak will stick to his target of halving inflation by the end of the year. 

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