Analysis & publications

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.

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.

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.

CaSE takes a look at what the 2026 manifestos of political parties for the Holyrood and Senedd elections could mean for R&D.

As both the global and national picture for R&D continues to change, this work sets out to explore what the future might hold in the coming decades.

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.

CaSE have written to the Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Julia Lopez MP, to express concern and ask for clarity surrounding their policy position that would see a reduction of UKRI funding by £2 billion per year.

This report explores how people in Scotland and Wales think and feel about R&D and politically salient issues ahead of the May 2026 Holyrood and Senedd elections.

UKRI has replied to CaSE’s letter asking for further clarity on some key areas following discourse surrounding their new funding model and the specific impact of some changes to the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

What does CaSE’s flagship study, Public Attitudes to R&D 2025, tell us about voter attitudes and how they differ? Rebecca Hill takes a look at the evidence and how this will inform CaSE’s new project R&D in a shifting voter landscape.

Analysis of ‘high-level mapping’ of the new UKRI ‘buckets’ system and what they tell us about UK R&D funding.

This briefing summarises findings on attitudes to R&D and place from CaSE’s Public Attitudes to R&D 2025 study.