As the trade association for the UK technology sector, we work closely with our members, stakeholders and partners to unlock the positive impact digital technology can deliver for the economy and society.
Below you can find examples of work where techUK have made an impact in 2025:
Policy
techUK’s Evolving Digital Regulation for Growth and Innovation report highlighted confusion around how regulators should interpret "growth". Government has committed to reforming the Growth Duty to provide a clearer legal framework ensuring regulators must consider and promote growth.
We recommended more consistent engagement to reduce friction and increase certainty. Government now pledges that new regulation will be proportionate, predictable, and designed to give both businesses and consumers clarity.
In an open letter published in collaboration with our members, we called for the government to seize the moment and unlock the benefits that e-invoicing can bring to the UK economy. In the Budget, the government committed to mandatory e-invoicing by 2029.
techUK called for a dedicated DSIT team to drive digital inclusion and tackle exclusion. These recommendations underpin the government’s first digital inclusion strategy, with techUK now sitting on the Digital Inclusion Action Committee and co-chairing its Industry Sub-group.
Through written and oral evidence to the House of Lords Committee on Home Working, techUK argued for management-led, flexible workplace decisions over rigid mandates. The final report strongly reflects these positions, shifting the debate towards empowering employers and employees.
techUK emphasised the need for a curriculum that prepares learners for an AI-enabled society. Government commitments following the review reflect techUK’s recommendations, including creating a fully digital national curriculum to help teachers contextualise learning across subjects.
techUK’s Enabling Growth report urged coherence between industrial and trade policy. Government’s Trade Strategy now explicitly aligns with the new Industrial Strategy.
Working with CII, techUK called for a clear roadmap for higher-TRL R&D collaboration. The UK and Indian Prime Ministers endorsed the India-UK Vision 2035, committing to deepen bilateral research and innovation through the Research & Innovation Corridor.
The House of Commons Business & Trade Committee’s report Toward a new doctrine for economic security reflects many of techUK’s recommendations, including coherent long-term trade policy, SME support, and strengthened UK leadership at the WTO.
Since publishing our Anti-Fraud Report, we’ve seen meaningful government engagement with our recommendations. This includes the Home Office championing a cross-sector approach to fraud prevention, placing greater emphasis on the positive role of technology in tackling fraud, and strengthening focus on global coordination to disrupt fraud and scam centres to persue fraudsters operating on an international scale and take down infrastructure such as scam centres.
Innovation
techUK’s consultation response urged HM Treasury to embed the DSIT Trust Framework in the Money Laundering Regulations to support safe, consistent digital identity verification. The government has since committed to publishing joint HMT–DSIT guidance explicitly referencing the Framework, informed in part by a techUK member session.
In our UK Plan for Chips report, techUK called for a national semiconductor hub to lead on R&D, coordination and resilience. In June 2025, government delivered - announcing a £19 million UK Semiconductor Centre as part of the Industrial Strategy.
The government’s new AI Growth Lab reflects techUK’s recommendations from the Evolving Digital Regulation for Growth and Innovation report, particularly around expanding the use of regulatory sandboxes and reviewing outdated rules. This marks a significant step toward a more agile, innovation-friendly regulatory environment that supports responsible AI deployment and economic growth.
techUK’s latest Digital ID report published just weeks after the National Digital ID announcement made sure the voice of the UK tech sector was heard on the importance of designing digital ID policy that protects citizens, encourages innovation, and delivers tangible benefits for individuals and the wider economy. This resulted in techUK giving evidence at the Home Affairs Select Committee on Digital ID and techUK members have had the opportunity to engage with senior leaders across UK Government, including Cabinet Office.
techUK recommended renewing and scaling the ChipStart pilot scheme to energise early-stage semiconductor innovators. The government launched the third ChipStart cohort in March 2025, backing firms expected to secure over £40m in private investment.
Our report Mapping the responsible AI profession shaped DSIT’s Trusted Third-Party AI Assurance Roadmap. DSIT publicly reaffirmed the influence of the report during a joint techUK–Ada Lovelace Institute workshop.
Thoughout 2025 and the international year of quantum, we worked across the ecosystem to showcase the UK's success on this innovative and nascent technology. techUK planned and chaired the headline stage panel on quantum, discussing how the UK will build on success and plan the next decade of quantum innovation.
Through the UK Plan for Chips, techUK called for a national hub to lead on semiconductor R&D, coordination and resilience. In June 2025, the government delivered - announcing a £19 million UK Semiconductor Centre as part of the Industrial Strategy.
Markets
In submissions to the Strategic Defence Review and Defence Industrial Strategy, techUK called for greater coherence across defence innovation bodies. Government has responded by creating UK Defence Innovation, consolidating units such as DASA, J-Hub and Future Capability Innovation as we recommended.
Following the release of techUK’s Driving Digital Transformation report, the government’s Plan aligned with techUK’s recommendations, identifying opportunities to potect and invest in digital transformation, improving commercial and procurement practices, and addressing the digital skills gap in the health and care workforce.
techUK’s Digital Transformation report recommended a national procurement framework, increased transparency, and streamlined innovation routes. The 10-Year Plan for Health and Social Care now includes national procurement, value-based guidance, expanded NICE processes, and agile regulatory pathways.
techUK highlighted cyber resilience as critical to national growth in its response to the Industrial Strategy Green Paper. The government recognised this in its Industrial Strategy and techUK members helped shape the Cyber Growth Action Plan ahead of the National Cyber Strategy refresh.
In Foundations of the Future, techUK urged government to implement NPPF reforms and bring data centres into the NSIP consenting regime. Government now aims to create a more flexible regime with an NSIP opt-in pathway.
techUK advocated for clearer, buyer-focused guidance. Government has introduced a new three-step model shifting from abstract principles towards actionable, operational guidance aligned with our recommendations.
techUK’s Telecoms Action Plan called for strategic digital infrastructure to qualify for NSIP treatment. Government confirmed plans to enable large-scale telecoms projects to access the NSIP consenting pathway.
techUK played a pivotal role in shaping ministerial thinking on human rights due diligence, helping to secure a stronger, more proactive stance from government. Our engagement ensured that industry perspectives were fully reflected in the development of a more robust due diligence approach.
We advised government to identify telecoms priorities for energy, water and transport. This is now a key policy in the 10-Year Infrastructure Strategy, with techUK supporting DSIT and NISTA in its delivery.
