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By: Matthew Sinclair

Matthew Sinclair is head of tech at the Centre for Policy Studies

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  • Backdoors and vetoes: New security powers will fatally undermine your privacy

    MATT SINCLAIR

    When your new security law might undermine secure communications and data privacy, something has probably gone wrong, writes Matt Sinclair

    The UK has opted to steer clear of AI-specific rules, leaving the onus on City businesses to determine how to use GenAI responsibly.
  • As National Grid warns of a winter electricity capacity squeeze, is UK energy policy to blame?

    Matthew Sinclair, an economist and author of Let Them Eat Carbon, says Yes. The UK’s energy sector used to do quite a good job of delivering affordable and reliable energy. Politicians then made a number of interventions which increased costs and reduced reliability. First came obstacles to the construction of new coal capacity, then the [...]

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