Government to fund shortfall for Science and Technology Facilities Council

Ending scientific operations through the withdrawal of funding would affect thousands of scientists, risk many jobs, and, we believe, weaken international partnerships and remove nationally important training just as other countries are investing in areas such as radio astronomy and the Square Kilometre Array. We feel that losing this unique scientific and research capabilities, in the case of Jodrell Bank and the e-MERLIN project for the sake of just £2.8 million a year, would be a false economy.