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New science advisory council will be staffed by ‘part-time’ DMs, says Carty

For the advice of the national science adviser to be effective, 'there must be a receptor willing and able to use it,' says Carty

The Conservative government's new science advisory council, made up of deputy ministers, will not be effective because it will be filled with "part time" deputy ministers who are open to political influence, Dr. Arthur Carty, the national science adviser, whose position is being phased out...

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