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UK science minister doubles down on place R&D

                

Conservative conference: George Freeman says government “just hasn’t got place” in the past

The UK will not succeed in becoming a science superpower without a “fundamental shift” in the perception of place in R&D and innovation, science minister George Freeman has said.

Speaking at a Conservative Party conference fringe event on 1 October about driving prosperity through place-based strategies, the minister said that people typically associated science and technology with the ‘golden triangle’ of Cambridge, London and Oxford.

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