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<p>As part of the ongoing research and development (R&D) tax reliefs review, the
Government is reforming the R&D tax reliefs to ensure taxpayer’s money is spent
as effectively as possible, to improve the competitiveness of the Research and Development
Expenditure Credit (RDEC) scheme, and as a step towards a simplified, single RDEC-like
scheme for all.</p><p> </p><p>Generous spending support will continue: direct funding
for R&D will reach £20 billion a year by 2024-2025 as planned. This is a cash
increase of around a third compared to 2021-2022, and the largest-ever increase over
a Spending Review (SR) period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also remains committed
to the increasing focus on innovation set out at SR 2021 and the £2.6 billion allocation
to Innovate UK over the SR period. From 2021-2022 to 2024-2025, this represents a
54 per cent cash increase in Innovate UK’s budgets and 70 per cent of Innovate UK’s
grants to businesses go to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).</p>
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