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Last week’s budget presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not mention the science budget allocations, but among the figures published by the government was an admission that research funding will be cut over the next few years by a further £157 million in real terms than was announced as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) last October.
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