Local MP Alan Mak has condemned the Labour Government’s 12 months of failure on science and technology issues.
He said: "Labour have now been in Government for 12 months and their record on science and technology is abysmal."
Mr Mak, who is also Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, listed 12 Labour failures as follows:
1. National Insurance Jobs Tax imposed on tech start-ups and tech workers
2. National Exascale Supercomputer cancelled, then reinstated after a U-turn forced by the Conservatives
3. £450m AstraZeneca deal botched
4. AI Action Plan failing and no action
5. Online Safety Act implementation slow and tame
6. R&D budget cut in real terms
7. Compute Strategy delayed
8. London losing its tech crown to Paris
9. Gigabit broadband rollout date pushed back by two years
10. AI Bill delayed by at least another year
11. Failing to vote for Conservatives' proposed ban on smartphones in schools
12. Failing to support the Conservative plan to raise the digital age of access for social media from 13 to 16
Mr Mak said: "Whilst Labour are failing our science and technology sector, Conservatives will continue to hold them to account and set out a more positive vision for how we can be a global leader in the technologies of the future."
