Comprehensive Spending Review 2010: Implications for Science and Technology

The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), delivered on 20 October 2010 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, sets out the Government's spending plans for the next four years. 

The CSR sets out how the Government will carry out "Britain's unavoidable deficit reduction plan", and describes decisions as to what is to be prioritised: department budgets, other than health and overseas aid, will be cut by an average of 19 percent over four years. 

Notwithstanding this, there are a number of ways in which the CSR highlights the importance of investment in science and technology in order to spearhead and support sustainable economic growth in the UK.

Science, technology and research