New science minister ‘has one month to save £22 billion pledge’

Alarm raised over failure to confirm £22 billion research pledge

Ministerial response offers ‘no comfort that there is not a plan afoot to abandon that very specific promise’ on science spending, says ex-minister Greg Clark

By Jack Grove

21 September

George Freeman replaces Amanda Solloway as UK science minister

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Kingman: ‘take nothing for granted’ on research spending pledge

Outgoing UKRI chair says this autumn’s spending review will be a ‘make-or-break moment’

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Is there a catch to the UK’s £22 billion science spending pledge?

Recent cuts and scares have cast doubt on ministers’ commitment to harnessing science in pursuit of a levelled-up, post-Brexit innovation economy. Questions also remain about how funding should be distributed and directed. Jack Grove examines the lessons from history and from overseas

By Jack Grove

10 June

New science minister ‘has one month to save £22 billion pledge’

George Freeman must urgently strike alliances across Whitehall to preserve UK government’s ‘once in a generation’ research pledge, say experts

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New science minister ‘has one month to save £22 billion pledge’

George Freeman must urgently strike alliances across Whitehall to preserve UK government’s ‘once in a generation’ research pledge, say experts

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