Prime minister puts science at heart of Industrial Strategy

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Britain will use data science and artificial intelligence to transform the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease and dementia by 2030.

This ambition is one of four addressed in a speech delivered at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire on May 21, 2018 in which prime minister Theresa May outlined new missions as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy.

These include the production of zero-emission cars and vans by 2040, drastically reducing energy use in new buildings by 2030, and the development of ‘well-designed products and services’ to help people age healthily.

“As a government, we have set the goal of research and development investment reaching 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2027,” said May. “That could translate to an additional £80bn investment in the ideas of the future over the next decade.”

May outlined how government intends to incubate ‘a whole new industry around AI-in-healthcare’, and work with industry to help ‘set global standards for managing technological change to maximise the benefits’ of zero-emission vehicles.

The mission to halve energy use in new commercial and residential buildings is similarly expected to provide the catalyst for new technologies, which can be exported to a growing global market for clean technologies.

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