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Vallance plan to explore hosting major facility may meet Treasury opposition, former STFC head warns
The UK could reap big economic benefits by hosting a major new international research facility, according to a former chief executive of the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council, after new science minister Patrick Vallance floated the idea.
John Womersley, who is also a special adviser at the University of Edinburgh, spoke to Research Professional News after comments made by Vallance, the former government chief scientific adviser appointed as science minister in Keir Starmer’s Labour government, at a recent meeting of G7 research ministers.
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