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This investment goes hand in hand with our plans for a National Care Service, helping ensure that people living with dementia get the care and support they need.

If the UK wants to build global companies, we need to be globally competitive. To do that, we cannot have Britain's start-ups simply sell up.

I believe some businesses have gone too far in their use of restrictive practices such as non-compete clauses, a view I know shared by many in this room and across the sector.

We will do what we can to request that the right steps are being taken, and that’s the approach we’ll take.