Concerns that economic downturn caused by Covid-19 could slash money invested in science
Economic uncertainties in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic have triggered calls for the government to set a pre-pandemic baseline on its commitments to raise R&D funding.
A government promise to be investing £22 billion of public money in R&D by 2025, and for the overall public and private investment to reach 2.4 per cent of the GDP by 2027 has been widely welcomed in the sector.