Building sovereignty through spending power

​How can government build sovereign digital capabilities through its spending power?

​Government procurement has never been so topical or urgent, with Labour promising to back startups through a more "Buy British" approach to its tech spending.

• ​How does it achieve that?

• ​What are some of the barriers to startups selling to government?

• ​How does government avoid lock-in?

• ​What role can open source play?

• ​Should "sovereign" procurement focus less on who owns the technology and more on whether the government keeps the power to make decisions about it?

​These are some of the questions our expert panel will take on in this 45-minute webinar. They'll also be answering your questions.

​We'll be joined by:

• ​Mike Bracken, founder of the Government Digital Service and Public Digital

• ​Tanya Filer, founder of StateUp

• ​Edd Elliott, director of GovTech and procurement at the Startup Coalition

• ​Grace Carter, Government Affairs Counsel at Elastic