Chancellor announces space spending increase
Chancellor George Osborne has increased spending on space technology by £60m per year over the next two years.
The investment is part of a plan to increase the UK's contribution to the European Space Agency.
The government hopes this will attract more hi-tech jobs and contracts to Britain
Overall spending in civil research has, however, declined by 5% in real terms since 2010 - a reduction which is set to continue.
Mr Osborne said, during a speech at the Royal Society, that "even at times of fiscal restraint...the resources to enable new scientific breakthroughs" have been found.
09 Nov 2012
- From the section Science & Environment