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Widespread approval of commitment to boost R&D spending to £22 billion a year
Reactions have come in thick and fast from the research sector following chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget statement on 11 March, which promised to increase R&D spending to £22 billion a year by 2024, in a speech dominated by the response to coronavirus.
Research Professional News has pulled together some of the initial reactions.