Burnham must not succumb to a populist techlash

Financial Times Thursday 09 July 2026, 11:00 UTC 1 min read

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It would be a crime to lose the UK’s envied tech and life science status within Europe

Burnham (PERSON) UK (LOCATION) Europe (LOCATION)

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