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Britain says it will invest $245 million in a new agricultural technology strategy meant to boost the global competitiveness of its food production chain.

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White working-class males a minority?

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British lawmakers debate royal yacht

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Scientists: Policies threaten U.K. science

The funding body overseeing scientific research in Britain is making "disastrous errors" that threaten the future of U.K science endeavors, scientists charge.

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British prisoners get student grants

More than 300 British prison inmates taking college courses behind bars have received government grants and loans intended for non-prisoner students.

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British conservatives eyeing school change

Members of the British Conservative Party announced Wednesday that in order to improve social mobility, they would seek an end to grammar schools.

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British school debt soared to $212 million

British government statistics show the total debt for 1,866 public schools nationwide was more than $212 million last year.

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David Linsay Willetts (born 9 March 1956) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he is currently the Minister of State for Universities and Science, and a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire. He has also seen controversy over his scathing remarks on the Labour Party's foreign policy.

Willetts was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Having served as Nigel Lawson's private researcher, Willetts took charge of the Treasury monetary policy division at 26 before moving over to Margaret Thatcher's Policy Unit at 28. Aged 31, he subsequently took over the Centre for Policy Studies. He offended students by insinuating that they did not understand how tuition fees worked.

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