We work with our members and the R&D community to make a compelling case to secure high levels of investment in research and innovation and to champion the role of science and engineering in improving people’s lives and livelihoods. We scrutinise how R&D investments are made, to deliver value for the tax-payer and a dynamic economy. This includes work on public and private R&D investment, the UK’s research intensity and the UK’s participation in international research programmes such as Horizon Europe.
Investment
Research and innovation are essential to solving the societal challenges facing the UK and the wider world.
The implications of revised R&D levels for policy and advocacy
Daniel Rathbone and Camilla d’Angelo discuss the latest ONS R&D statistics, and what they might mean for policy and advocacy. The new gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) release shows that the UK has been doing much more R&D than previously thought.

The UK is doing more R&D than was previously thought
In this piece our policy team analyse the recent R&D statistics released by the ONS. In a future piece we…
The Spring Budget 2023 – what are the implications for R&D?
Last week the Chancellor made a series of announcements as part of the Spring Budget 2023. Below we delve into…
The UK is doing more R&D than was previously thought
In this piece our policy team analyse the recent R&D statistics released by the ONS. In a future piece we…
The Spring Budget 2023 – what are the implications for R&D?
Last week the Chancellor made a series of announcements as part of the Spring Budget 2023. Below we delve into…
Making a difference
During the comprehensive spending review (CSR)in 2021, CaSE drew on our contacts to confirm that the Government R&D targets were at risk CaSE moved quickly to engage directly with key Treasury officials and ministerial advisors, sharing examples from across our membership to highlighted the need to maintain this financial commitment to the sector.

Investment analysis & publications

What does the 2023 Autumn Statement mean for research and innovation?

The Office for National Statistics have published the latest figures for R&D expenditure in the UK here we look at what they mean and project ahead to 2024/25.

Earlier this month the UK Government published the Pioneer Prospectus setting out an alternative R&D programme should the UK not associate to Horizon Europe.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released new estimates of R&D spending by UK Government departments and devolved administrations in 2021.

Last week the Chancellor made a series of announcements as part of the Spring Budget 2023. Below we delve into some of the measures impacting the R&D sector.

Earlier this week CaSE revealed that buried deep in an innocuous document called ‘Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23’ was the information that the former Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) had surrendered £1.6bn that was allocated to Horizon Europe and Euratom association back to the Treasury.

Daniel Rathbone and Camilla d’Angelo discuss the latest ONS R&D statistics, and what they might mean for policy and advocacy. The new gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) release shows that the UK has been doing much more R&D than previously thought.

In this piece our policy team analyse the recent R&D statistics released by the ONS. In a future piece we will look at the implications of these new statistics for policy and advocacy by the sector.