Royal Society slams UK.gov science shake-up

Royal Society President Paul Nurse called it a mistake to move science policy from DSIT to the new business ministry BIST. He said science affects health, defense, energy and transport, while the BIST head has nine areas, only one related to science.

• DSIT abolished, science moved to BIST, AI to separate minister
• Nurse: science and AI should be combined, AI is also science
• Experts fear deprioritization of fundamental research
• Ministers: science and technology should not be isolated in one department