Publicly funded research should be publicly readable

The problem

Research funded from public money is frequently published behind paywalls that public institutions then pay again to access.

Why it matters

The public pays twice and reads none of it.

Proposed solution

Advocate open access for publicly funded research outputs, with a reasonable embargo where commercialisation is genuinely at stake.

How it would be implemented

Publish analysis of current access arrangements and their cost, and support open repositories.

Risks, and what we would do about them