Time to honour Tory research spending promises, Zahawi told

I've said it before and will go on saying it, we cannot trust politicians to do anything for the sector. We need to get on and make our own arrangements... we can tell them how much they have to pay once the deal is done. I bet university representives would get a better deal anyway, and when all is said and done, the government's role is purely to provide the necessary funds from the public purse, anyway. Zahawi is going to be absorbed in his own self-interest over the summer anyway.