Government urged to reinvest funding originally destined for EU programmes or alternatives back into R&D
Senior figures in research have reacted with indignation after the Treasury took back £1.6 billion in unspent funding earmarked for association to EU programmes or domestic alternatives, and are calling for the money to be reinvested in R&D.
The UK government had promised billions for association to EU programmes including Horizon Europe and the nuclear research initiative Euratom, or a homegrown alternative known as ‘plan B’.