London Stocks Climb Higher After ‘Watershed’ Spending Review

London stocks climb higher after ‘watershed’ spending review

The FTSE 100 index closed up 11.27 points, 0.1%, at 8,864.35.

London Higher responds to the Spending Review - London Higher

London Higher welcomes the government’s £86 billion investment in UK science and technology research and development (R&D) confirmed in today’s Spending Review.   In London alone, our higher education institutions generate £27 billion in economic output and produce 140,000 skilled graduates annually – the highest number of any city globally. From world-leading specialists to research-intensive institutions and multi-faculty universities, London’…