Rachel Reeves MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) to the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday 11th June. The CSR outlines budgets set out for governmental departments, from the Home Office to Department of Health, and covers...
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Getting Defensive – the spending review

£250m for green aerospace projects ahead of Industrial Strategy
This news announcement is edited but can be viewed in full via the Department for Business and Trade here: On 17 June, Industry Minister Sarah Jones announced at Paris Air Show that UK aerospace will be boosted by more than £250 million funding for cutting-edge...