UK R&D spending is heavily skewed towards SE England, with negative consequences for places that lose out. How and where do you think this money should be spent? Use our new online tool to design a future that reflects your priorities https://www.nesta.org.uk/data-visualisation-and-interactive/design-future/ (1/5)

How is R&D spending distributed across the UK today? The Southeast and East of England are research intensive areas with lots of investment in R&D by both businesses and the government (2/5)

By contrast, London and Scotland receive a lot of R&D investment from the government but little private expenditure (3/5)

What would you do? Reward research excellence? Support weak local economies? Distribute equally around the country? Use the tool to set your priorities and see the effects on government R&D spending in different places (4/5)

What do the experts think? Click their names to see how @RichardALJones and @thomasforth, authors of ‘The Missing £4 Billion’, think the R&D budget should be spent and read the logic behind their thinking (5/5)