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UK’s innovation strategy reiterates ambitious science funding targets

By 2021-08-02T09:49:00

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The country’s aim to spend a record £22 billion on research each year will go alongside immigration reforms and an agency for blue skies research

The UK government’s long-awaited innovation strategy, intended to safeguard its international scientific preeminence post-Brexit, reiterates the country’s commitment to boosting research investment to a record £22 billion per year by 2024–25.