Lack of Covid help puts medical research at risk, UK charities warn

Institutions dismayed at ministers' failure to protect research worth hundreds of millions of pounds

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Medical charities have expressed dismay at the UK government's failure to act over hundreds of millions of pounds of research that is at risk because of the catastrophic impact of Covid on fundraising.

With charity shops closed and fundraising events cancelled, medical charities have been forced to cut more than 40% of their research spending in the past year, and have told institutions that more cuts will follow.