Regulatory Innovation Office: Government accelerates push to ease barriers to clean tech development

James Murray
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Former Science Minister Lord Willetts appointed to head up new body tasked with accelerating progress in emerging sectors, such as AI and alternative proteins

The government has today announced a series of new initiatives to try and ease regulatory barriers that are hampering the development of emerging technologies, including a range of clean tech innovations...

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