The UK is falling behind its competitors in R&D investment and the Government will be putting competitiveness, productivity and jobs at risk if it does not set out a clear roadmap to increase science funding in the Spending Review, the cross-party Science & Technology Committee is warning.
Committee Chair Nicola Blackwood MP commented: “The UK is a science superpower. With less than 1% of the world’s population the UK produces over 15% of its scientific research. We have four of the top six universities and our academics are cited in 10% of all patent applications. “Our science spending, however, has now fallen…
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