I'd have vetoed foreign sale of UK tech giant, says Business Secretary
Peter Kyle's comments come as the government sets out how it would back British technology companies.
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"Now, what I don't want to do is be interventionist in a way that I'm just using the powers I have to block: what I do want to do is create the circumstances where they do not want to leave in the first place."
— Peter Kyle , Politician
"I accept there are structural challenges to the way young people enter the workforce."
— Peter Kyle , Politician
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