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What are the key policy goals that define the #ScienceSuperpower & #InnovationNation missions, and what are the key reforms needed to deliver them?

What should be the UK's global science strategy beyond Horizon Europe?

In my speech to @ukonward yesterday I set out:

The importance of regional innovation clusters to:
📈Levelling Up
💻Innovation Nation
And a commitment 🤝to digitally map these clusters across the UK (2/6)
@michaelgove @CBItweets @andy4wm @BenHouchen @AndyBurnhamGM @MarvinJRees

Our commitment to the GLOBAL role & impact of UK STRI.
A global leader & convener, whether in Horizon or not, on the big global challenges
🌦️Climate change
🧬Biosecurity
💉Post-pandemic resilience
⛴️Polar research
🛰️Clean space
🚜AgriTech
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@royalsociety @UKRI_News @UKSINet

How to harness our post-Brexit regulatory & procurement freedoms to set international standards & make the UK a global Test Bed for innovations in emerging sectors - as in the TIGRR report:
-🧬Life Sciences
-☢️Fusion
-🤖AI
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@OfficeforAI @UK_Life_Science @UKAEAofficial

How we'll use our record 30%/£20bn uplift in public R+D funding to leverage 2-3x that amount over this 3yr CSR in private investment from
🇬🇧UK
🌐International investors
into the UK R+D ecosystem across the whole country.
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@UKRI_News @innovateuk @ARIA_research @GerryGrimstone

How we can harness the power of the City of London 💷💪& pension reforms to support our science & technology base.
So we’re not just a start-up incubator, but scaling up & floating companies here in the UK.
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@landg_uk @NorthGritstone @CityAM @griffitha @LSEGplc @UKFtweets

Tune in to hear a panel of experts respond and discuss the same questions at 4pm this afternoon with @SebastianEPayne
👉ukonward.com/events/science…
@AnEmergentI
@tabithagold
@RichardALJones
@UKPriyaGuha

@Will_Tanner @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt @uksciencechief @Livermore_Lab @RollsRoyce @NewtonFund @cic_vc @DaresburyLab @HarwellCampus @CulhamSC @BritSciAssoc @BritishAcademy_ @RAEngNews @spacegovuk @techUK @CommonsSTC @wellcometrust @turinginst @AdaLovelaceInst @Catapult_UK @TheCrick