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This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Guarantee government spending into scientific research now we are out of the EU

Now we are out of the EU, many key scientific research projects have little support that they once received from the EU. The European Union pays almost pays 1 billion pounds to British scientists a year. This money is no longer secured for further scientific progression.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/135670

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