Government mobilises to persuade tech sector to endorse May-EU deal

Jeremy Wright, the secretary of state at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, says the prime minister’s deal with the European Union will be good for UK tech, ensuring free flow of data.

Culture secretary Jeremy Wright has said the prime minister’s Brexit deal with the European Union (EU) will give the UK’s digital sector “the certainty it needs to continue to thrive”, as Theresa May attempts to convince the tech sector to back her EU withdrawal agreement.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said the EU has agreed with the UK to “develop a future partnership” that will “facilitate e-commerce and its growth; reduce unjustified barriers to digital trade in order to drive competitiveness; enable data to continue to flow freely; and drive innovation through the exchanging of information, experience and best practice on emerging technologies in the future”.