Green economy relief? Government safeguards EU science and agricultural funding post-Brexit

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Treasury promises to underwrite Horizon 2020 research funding and match subsidies from Common Agricultural Policy for UK farmers to 2020

European Union funding for British scientist and farmers will be replaced by Treasury funding after Britain leaves the EU, the Treasury confirmed this weekend, prompting sighs of relief from many of the...

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