UK government announces £500m investment for Oxford-to-Cambridge Growth Corridor

The UK government will invest £500 million (€571m) for new homes, infrastructure and business space for the Oxford-to-Cambridge Growth Corridor, hoping to turn it into "Europe's Silicon Valley", it announced on 23/10/2025.

"Working people will benefit from thousands of new jobs, affordable homes and more opportunities," according to the government.

The new investment plan is part of the government's drive for growth and aims to cement the Oxford-to-Cambridge Corridor as a global innovation hub.

Paired with private investment in the region, this new investment plan aims to see 7,000 new jobs over the next ten years.

The University of Cambridge has also announced it received "cornerstone government funding of at least £15m for the Cambridge Innovation Hub to maintain the city’s position as a global leader in innovation".

"Oxford and Cambridge are home to two of the best universities and most intensive innovation clusters in the world, and the area is a hub for globally renowned science and technology. Yet thanks to years of underinvestment, they still lack the public transport, affordable…