Five years: five reasons to be angry about science funding

Failure to commit to a reasonable level of public investment in research is bad for science - and bad for Britain. Here's what you can do about it

In September 2010 the Government threatened cuts to the UK's research budget, igniting the Science is Vital campaign and rallying thousands to protest against policies that would harm the floundering economy. Five years later - incredibly - we appear to be facing exactly the same predicament. So Science is Vital is campaigning once again, calling on scientists and supporters of science to join us at a public event (in London and online) next month.

Back in 2010 our efforts, along with that of many others, resulted in a ring-fence for the publicly funded science budget - a freeze rather than a cut.