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Outrage as Treasury claws back £1.6bn in unspent R&D funds

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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’.

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