Funding and policy news, plus comment and reaction as chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers his budget
Against a background of coronavirus-driven chaos, freshman chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his big set-piece government spending speech in parliament today. Here is how it happened.
13.59 – We’re going to wrap up the live updates now. For our full budget coverage, with stories on the promised extra funding and other research aspects of Sunak’s speech, see ResearchProfessional.com.