Budget 2020: UK to launch £800m 'blue skies' research agency

Brainchild of Dominic Cummings will seek to return Britain to its ‘pioneering scientific roots’, says chancellorThe government will pump at least £800m into a new “blue skies” science research agency as part of a series of pro-business measures designed to boost Britain’s competitive edge.The UK agency, the brainchild of Boris Johnson ’s closest political adviser, Dominic Cummings, will fund “high-risk, high reward science” and will bemodelled on theAdvanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in the US.Continue reading...
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