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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Julia Kollewe

DARK SECRETS: Uk needs more lab space if it wants to be science superpower ministers told | Rare Historical Photos

Researchers working in a laboratory in London.
The UK is lagging well behind the US, which has 20 times more space, according to the chief executive of British Land. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The UK needs to build more laboratory space, improve transport links and offer more tax breaks to achieve Rishi Sunak’s ambition of becoming a science superpower, two leading property firms have argued ahead of the autumn statement.

Demand for laboratories in the UK is growing fast, with lab vacancy rates of just 1% in Cambridge and London, and 7% in Oxford, according to a report by British Land, one of Britain’s biggest property developers, and the upmarket estate agency and advisory firm Savills.

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