Wed, 17 Sep 2025

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 US to invest £150bn in UK, promising thousands of jobs

The UK government is calling this the largest commercial deal of its kind and expects it to create more than 7,600 "high-quality jobs".

* £150bn package of US investment into the UK announced
* Largest commercial deal of its kind, expected to create over 7,600 jobs
* Blackstone to invest £90bn in UK over next decade
* Prime Minister Keir Starmer: "A testament to Britain's economic strength"
* UK and US investors meet at Chequers to discuss deepening economic ties
* Additional investments from: + Microsoft (£22bn over 4 years) + Google (£5bn over 2 years) + Prologis (£3.9bn in life sciences and advanced manufacturing) + Palantir (up to £1.5bn in UK defence innovation) + Amentum (over 3,000 jobs and expansion of workforce by 50%) + Boeing (conversion of two aircraft for US Air Force, potentially creating 150 high-skilled jobs)
* Total investment expected to create over 7,600 jobs across the country.
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