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Response to DSIT’s R&D budget allocations 2025/26
The Russell Group comments on the confirmed R&D budgets for the year ahead, calling for flexible, longer-term funding like QR to be prioritised
Russell Group response to the Spring Statement
The Russell Group responds to the Chancellor's statement, highlighting the importance of growing R&D funding at the upcoming Spending Review
Submission to the Spending Review 2025
The Russell Group sets out ways that the UK can maximise the strengths of its world-leading research-intensive universities
Russell Group responds to the AI Opportunities Action Plan
The Russell Group welcomes the government's renewed focus on compute capacity and AI infrastructure
Russell Group response to the Autumn Budget 2024
The Russell Group welcomes the protection of R&D funding announced by the Chancellor
R&D vital to achieving the government’s economic ambitions, say sector leaders
The R&D sector has issued a joint letter to the Chancellor to back R&D in the upcoming budget
Russell Group submission to the Autumn Budget 2024
The Russell Group has written to the Chancellor ahead of the Autumn Budget
Russell Group supports call for the UK to be a G7 leader on R&D
Sector organisations join together to call for sustained government R&D support