Sunak to push for UK ‘science superpower’ status under new plan

The Prime Minister hopes a science and technology framework will place the country at the forefront of new technologies.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to turn the UK into a ‘science superpower (Oli Scarff/PA) (PA Wire)

The UK will be a science and technology “superpower” by the end of the decade, under a new plan announced by Rishi Sunak.

Funding of more than £360 million has been promised by the Government, as the Prime Minister hopes a science and technology framework will place the UK at the forefront of new technologies including artificial intelligence and supercomputing.

That ambition has been one of the central aims of Mr Sunak’s premiership, with Michelle Donelan recently appointed to head up the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.