Cutting science budget is “exactly the wrong thing to do”, says TUC

Commenting on Business Secretary Vince Cable's announcement today (Wednesday) that the Government is to cut back on the £6 billion a year spent on scientific research, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “Cutting the science budget is exactly the wrong thing to do at a time when we are trying to rebalance the economy away from an over-reliance on finance and make the transition to a low-carbon society.