In search of a plug for the blackhole, Hunt must not cull investment in our future Matthew burnett We are still spending comparatively little compared to other science superpowers such as Israel and South Korea. And the real benefits from investing in R&D aren’t typically felt for about ten years.
We will resign ourselves to geopolitical irrelevancy unless we re-invest in science Matthew Burnett As the Conservative leadership contest ploughs on through the summer and the final two candidates talk tax cuts and public spending neither are addressing the full extent of the UK’s economic woes. Many of the long-term problems the economy faces have been caused by successive governments’ underinvestment in science and innovation. For the last three [...]