Budget 2020: UK to launch £800m 'blue skies' research agency
by Kalyeena Makortoff from on (#50JQE)
Brainchild of Dominic Cummings will seek to return Britain to its 'pioneering scientific roots', says chancellor
The government will pump at least 800m into a new "blue skies" science research agency as part of a series of pro-business measures designed to boost Britain's competitive edge.
The UK agency, the brainchild of Boris Johnson's closest political adviser, Dominic Cummings, will fund "high-risk, high reward science" and will be modelled on the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in the US.
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