Science & Engineering

Chief scientist will also be director general for science, technology, analysis, research and strategy

Patrick Vallance aims to address "misconceptions" about science advice

Track-and-trace app being trialled now will do "heavy lifting" once social-distancing measures are lifted, science adviser says

Ramping up testing now a priority for ‘data-driven’ strategy, chief scientist tells MPs

The government’s Covid-19 response has been driven by expert advice, in a way that isn’t always clear in public policy. Can it stay that way throughout the crisis?

Covid-19 strategy aims to reduce the peak of the outbreak, “not to suppress it completely", Patrick Vallance says

Chancellor says government will boost R&D spending to £22bn a year by 2024-25

Policy Exchange urges government to get on with setting up UK ARPA as science minister Chris Skidmore says it could be formed this year

Sir Patrick Vallance also said he wanted half of all fast streamers to have science backgrounds

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

Patent-winning polymath Phillippa Spencer lands double win at UK celebration

Sir Ian Boyd gives warning days before his departure as Defra chief scientist

Former civil servant Steve O'Neil takes a fresh look at the appliance of science at the heart of government

Henderson will succeed Sir Ian Boyd in October

Appointment comes more than a year after communities department advertised for a chief scientific adviser