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The never-ending quest to create a British tech giant

Taxpayer-funded British Patient Capital, which has £2.5bn to invest, is the embodiment of that fixation

The never-ending quest to create a British tech giant

Ever since the conclusion of the Patient Capital Review in November 2017, the British government has developed a mild obsession with creating a tech giant to call its own.

British Patient Capital, which was created as part of the review, is the embodiment of that fixation.

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