In February 2001, SBS issued a document entitled Science Policies for the Next Government: Agenda for the Next Five Years, which set out a series of policies needed to support and enhance scientific research and education in the UK, and to strengthen both the links between science and the economy and the place of science in society.
That document inevitably requires updating and supplementing, partly because it did not cover every aspect of science policy and partly because circumstances are continually changing. With this in mind, during the course of the current Parliament, SBS is publishing a series of supplements to our Agenda for the Next Five Years.
The funding of research through the Framework Programmes of European Union
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Conservative Party plans highlight the shifting political landscape for UK R&D
30 April 2026
Conservative Party have presented a defence policy proposal that includes a reduction of UKRI funding by £2 billion per year. CaSE has looked at this proposal and what it indicates about the wider position of R&D in public policy.
Julia Lopez MP reply to CaSE letter on Conservative defence R&D plans
30 April 2026
CaSE has received a reply to our letter to the Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Julia Lopez MP, which asked for clarity surrounding their policy position that would see a reduction of UKRI funding by £2 billion per year.
An update on UKRI’s funding changes
30 April 2026
A recap of the updates and discussions surrounding the new UKRI budget framework and a summary of the latest dialogue between UKRI and the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.
Government R&D expenditure grows as the balance shifts
22 April 2026
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the latest Government Expenditure on R&D (GovERD) statistics for 2024, which provide estimates of R&D performed in and funded by UK government departments and the devolved administrations.