Cuts in cancer research funding due to COVID-19

On Dec 8, 2020, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) announced cuts of £45 million to its research budget. The charity has been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the cancellation of fundraising events and the suspension of trading at the 600 CRUK shops across the country. Earlier this year, CRUK applied £44 million worth of cuts. It expects to make a further set of reductions in April, 2021. “We are planning for a managed decrease in...