Labour 2026: Star physicist warns UKRI’s economic remit is causing “serious problems”

Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society, responds to the attack on the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.

Steve Rotheram, Liverpool Metro Mayor, has today called on the Prime Minister to pause controversial science cuts...

Iʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

Iʼm raising money to Save Parton Kirk. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

Arma report raises concerns that financial lens on research activity risks missing long-term value

When I was asked to lead the new Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, there was one question I needed an answer to straight away: ‘Will I get to meet Brian Cox?’ Well, this week, ...

We want the Government to ensure sufficient funding beyond 31 March 2028 for the Science & Technology Facilities Council through the UKRI so that it no longer requires funding cuts which imperil key scientific research projects & establishments, such as Jodrell Bank Observatory & e-MERLIN project.

Didcot and Wantage MP, Olly Glover is worried flat funding may lead to job losses and facilities shut.

Partners fear Large Hadron Collider experiment upgrade will be “seriously injured” or abandoned altogether

The following is a guest post by William Barter, who recently finished a term as the 'physics coordinator' of LHCb-UK. --o-- The European particle physics community recently undertook a two-year process to update our strategy – setting out the things that we, as a field, choose to prioritise. The highest priority in that update was “the full exploitation of the physics potential of the Large Hadron Collider”.

UKRI and STFC have cut funding for the next-generation LHCb upgrade at CERN. This article explains what is at stake for UK science, international credibility, skills, detector expertise and the future...

Chris McDonald’s role officially confirmed, while James Frith becomes minister for health innovation

Funding is being terminated for projects including a future CERN experiment and the iconic Lovell Telescope.

After the Government announced plans to break up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and distribute its responsibilities amongst other departments, MPs have written to three S...

Letters: Readers respond to an editorial about the threat to research funding, including plans to close the Jodrell Bank Observatory

Editorial: Funders have picked a damaging fight with scientists and the public. They should reconsider their plans

This Cold War survivor is tracking galaxies on borrowed time as government funding ends in 2028. But some researchers say the money could be better spent

Experts alarmed as science secretary says UK must invest in “next generation of scientific facilities”

Funding crisis could lead to an exodus that would be a blow for British science and national growth

Outcome decisions for funding of individual research projects do real damage to UK science and research, says President, Paul Howarth.

Exclusive: Figure calls into question transparency from UKRI leadership amid cuts to science facilities

UKRI's 2.7% PPAN headline compares 2029/30 with 2025/26 in cash terms. A longer-run inflation-adjusted comparison points to a roughly 16% contraction since 2021/22.

La principale agence de financement du Royaume-Uni a publié une feuille de route qui inquiète la communauté des physiciens sur l’attractivité de sa discipline.

Universities UK survey shows worsening picture but more optimism about future backing for research

Correspondence: research funding cuts  

The “prioritisation outcomes” have arrived

UKRI cost-savings plan also brings relief that severe cuts feared by astronomers “have not materialised”

UKRI plan for science is damaging and creates moment of long-lasting uncertainty, says IOP.