For many people around the UK, Tuesday's (November 29) autumn statement from Chancellor George Osborne was not a cheery affair. But it heralded good news for science in Surrey, with a number of organisations set to get a slice of the extra £200 million the government is putting towards research.
In Surrey (the area I cover as a reporter for the Surrey Advertiser), £80 million of that £200 million boost will go towards a new laboratory complex in Pirbright run by the Institute for Animal Health (IAH).
