Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister
by Rob Evans and Henry Dyer from Technology | The Guardian on (#70P7M)
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Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed.
The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy.
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