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Charities that invested £1.9B in biomedical R&D in 2019 warn it will be years before they recover from the effects of COVID-19, with the loss of a generation of young researchers

Report on March 12 warned of up to 250,000 deaths but lockdown did not happen until more than a week later

To date, 553 cash-strapped companies have applied to the emergency Future Fund, with 53 approved for loans

‘Scientific exodus’ over next six months if there is no certainty on access to EU funding, says Venki Ramakrishnan. The UK should make an immediate financial commitment to the programme

Analysis warns of twin hit of COVID-19 and Brexit to Scotland’s 19 universities, as EU-UK trade talks enter crunch stage

Criticism levelled at British politicians who claim to be following the science, while obscuring the range of views and options on how best to tackle the pandemic

Government-commissioned report sketches possible strategies to contain Brexit fallout and maintain UK’s science powerhouse status. Researchers, in denial, don’t want to contemplate them

Foreign influence on universities is reshaping research agendas and leading to self-censorship, foreign affairs committee says

In his first day in office, new prime minister controversially returns his brother to former brief as science and universities minister, while pledging to liberate UK bioscience and develop UK satnav rival to Galileo