Read CaSE’s submission to HM Treasury’s Summer Budget consultation.
Following the election, the new majority Conservative Government announced that they would be delivering a second budget announcement this year ahead of the Spending Review. CaSE submitted a short evidence paper along with some key recommendations to the new Government.
The Summer Budget and Comprehensive Spending Review provide the Government with the opportunity to back its Science and Innovation Strategy with vital investment, setting out the scale of its ambition for this instrumental part of its long-term economic plan.
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