Liberal Democrats say government should ‘extend cooperation’ with Europe after rejoining £85bn science programme
Labour says it was wrong for the government to keep the UK out of Horizon for so long. Commenting on today’s announcement, Peter Kyle, the shadow science secretary, said:
Today’s announcement is a relief after years of Conservative prime ministers putting party above country. However, this announcement is too late for many researchers, businesses and academics who have already lost out in billions of funding and taken their jobs and expertise elsewhere.
Our world-leading research base deserves a government that matches their ambition. Labour’s industrial strategy will support our world-leading sectors like life sciences and will unlock the potential of our scientific community.
