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Welcome to this week’s update on the fast-moving world of global trade, digital policy, and transatlantic relations. Here’s what’s shaping the global agenda right now.

Guest blog by Gemma Roddy, Principal Consultant at 4OC

Police Digital Service (PDS) and the NPCC National Technology Board are looking to engage with industry on how policing can respond to three priority problem areas, to make better use of digital, data and technology in delivering more efficient and sustainable policing over the next 6 to 12 months.

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On 29 July 2026, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) published new guidance, developed jointly with NHS England, setting out how existing medical device law applies to ambient voice technology (AVT) used across health and care settings in Great Britain. techUK has followed this issue closely and welcomes the clarity the guidance provides.

techUK will be at the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, and Reform party conferences this autumn with a programme of panels and receptions bringing the technology sector together with parliamentarians, policymakers and party members.

Guest blog from Red Hat as part of a series of member contributions to our upcoming report, Digital Infrastructure 2035 - the backbone of Britain's future economy.

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On 23 July 2026, techUK hosted a workshop session of the Interoperability in Justice and Public Safety Forum, split into two parallel breakout groups focused on developing a Consistent Interface Layer and an Interoperability Marketplace for policing and justice technology.