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Published online 5 June 2009 |
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| doi:10.1038/news.2009.550
Updated online: 8 June 2009
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UK science pulled back to business
Government reshuffle abolishes short-lived research and education department.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has abolished the government department in charge of science and higher education, just two years after it was created.
As part of a cabinet reshuffle today, responsibilities for research and universities were absorbed into a newly inflated business department that will "build Britain's capabilities to compete in the global economy", according to a government statement.
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