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SCIENCE BUDGETS: U.K. Government Promises to Shore Up Britain's Science Base
Daniel Clery
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.--On 12 July, the British government pledged to increase spending on science by £1 billion ($1.9 billion) by fiscal year 2007-08 to make the country more competitive.