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Autumn Budget 2017 – HS2 is a Relay Race

Nuno Gil By Nuno Gil Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget 2017 Posted: November 21, 2017

Nuno Gil, Professor of New Infrastructure Development at The University of Manchester argues that HS2 is a relay race, and the Chancellor’s Budget needs to make a strong commitment to completing the final leg by 2032. Due to uncertainty around the fiscal health of the country, it’s more important than ever that the Government remakes […]

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Austerity as usual? Time for a new narrative

By Sarah Marie Hall Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget 2017 Posted: November 21, 2017

Dr Sarah Marie Hall, Lecturer in Human Geography at The University of Manchester blogs on what she’d like to see in the Chancellor’s Budget to help low-income families. Many expect austerity as usual from the Budget – even though austerity continues to have a disastrous impact on many families and communities across the UK Austerity […]

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The Toughest Job in Science?

By Andy Westwood Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget 2017 Posted: November 20, 2017

Professor Andy Westwood is Vice Dean for Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Humanities and Professor of Government Practice at The University of Manchester. Here he blogs on this morning’s announcement from Government of additional R&D funding in 2021/22, science policy and the important role the Government’s new Chief Scientific Adviser has to play. For […]

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Autumn Budget 2017 – We Need to Talk about Blue Skies Science

By Anna Scaife Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Budget 2017, Science and Technology Posted: November 20, 2017

Ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget Anna Scaife, Co-Director at Policy@Manchester and Professor of Radio Astronomy in the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Manchester, highlights the need for government to increase funding for fundamental scientific research in the UK. The UK lags behind most of the world in terms of its research […]

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