The UK's new cabinet minister for science says that she will have a 'relentless focus' on using research to make people's lives better.
The new Science Secretary, Michelle Donelan, in the foreground, said innovation was at the heart of the government's agenda at a visit to a medical research lab in OxfordshireThe UK's new cabinet minister for science says that she will have a "relentless focus" on using research to make people's lives better.
She told BBC News that the reorganisation showed that science and innovation was ''at the heart'' of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's agenda. Prof Dame Ottoline Leyser, who is the chief executive of the government agency that oversees funding of research, UKRI, welcomed the appointment: "We may be at the beginning of a golden era under Rishi Sunak as PM that will take us well into the 2050s, but most people think he'll be out by the end of next year,'' he said. "If that's the case, then tinkering with the furniture, name badges and structures is really a distraction from the actual priorities.
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