Labour’s open door to big tech leaves critics crying foul

Promises of tech-driven growth give big US firms access to Downing Street that leaves rivals in the cold

• Minister accused of being too close to big tech after analysis of meetings

The problem with the UK, according to the former Google boss Eric Schmidt, is that it has “so many ways that people can say no”.

However, for some critics of the Labour government, it has a glaring issue with saying yes: to big tech.