UK budget

摘要

A £100-million (US$160-million) investment in research infrastructure and measures to streamline clinical trials were highlights for scientists from the United Kingdoms 2011 -12 budget, announced on 23 March. The boost - which includes £70 million to help companies at existing life-science campuses in Cambridge and Norwich - only slightly softened the blow of deep cuts to science facilities announced last year. The government also announced plans to create a single regulatory agency to cut red tape around clinical-trials research, responding to January recommendations by an Academy of Medical Sciences report. See go.nature. com/ixvuoi for more.