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Academics welcome commitment to help underwrite Horizon, after weeks of uncertainty
Reduced budgets threaten to undermine the government’s ‘science superpower’ ambitions
More than 25% of small to medium-sized businesses have tapped emergency programmes
Prime minister under pressure to put better deal on the table after Scottish government offers NHS staff a 4% increase
Striking announcements on nuclear deterrent, biological and chemical warfare, and even of potential for another pandemic
Jobs and projects at risk if UK Research and Innovation has to cover fee for Horizon Europe on its own, says letter to PM
‘Unimaginable’ level of spending made no ‘measurable difference’ to spread of virus, report finds
UK government’s top scientific and medical advisers warn MPs against easing lockdown too quickly
UK nurses’ leaders prepare for strike action as government insists 1 per cent rise is all it can afford
Chancellor’s public spending plans are ‘implausible’, and could be amended in autumn, say experts
NHS funding set to fall as emergency Covid-19 support is scaled back
Flagship coronavirus furlough scheme extended while VAT and business rates are cut
Museums and theatres welcome grants but many have already cut operations and jobs
Small rate increases will cause big jump in borrowing costs due to soaring public debt
The coronavirus crisis has made it even harder to work out which regions of the country are subsidising others
Tories should support chancellor Rishi Sunak in building a more generous safety net
The party must decide what it wants Britain’s future to look like
Pandemic has created a backlog in surgery, increased demand for mental health services and left many patients with long Covid
After the emergency cash runs out, long-term funding demands a major remedy
London and Midlands sent 400 MoD staff and 110 being deployed to Northern Ireland to ease NHS pressure
Capital seeks £3.1bn package for 2021/22, £1.5bn for following year and £1.6bn annually for 2023-30
London borough’s £1.5bn debt plight points to wider crisis in UK local government
Cost does not cover future multiyear programmes for jabs, National Audit Office says
Prime minister’s former chief adviser saw salary rise despite public sector freeze
PM’s social media session highlights potential tensions to come between No 10 and chancellor over national finances
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