Will the UK’s new science and tech department achieve anything?

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, headed by Michelle Donelan, is meant to point out the UK authorities is critical about these fields, however a reshuffle is not any substitute for a transparent plan, says Kieron Flanagan

By Kieron Flanagan

The UK’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has created a brand new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), seemingly placing these fields on the coronary heart of UK authorities coverage for the primary time in a long time. The transfer has been broadly welcomed by those that have known as for extra emphasis on science and expertise in authorities, however will it actually make a distinction?

A devoted division has actually been a very long time coming. Back in 1964, the then prime minister, Harold Wilson, created the Ministry of Technology …