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Dear Colleagues, The UK Prime Minister's office has responded to a petition to reverse the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) decision to cut vital UK contributions to Particle Physics and Astronomy. Specific to the ILC, the response reads: " Some existing programme areas, including the International Linear Collider (ILC), will not be funded by STFC. The US Congress seems to share this sceptical view of the prospects for the ILC, and has cut US investment in it by 75% this year. The STFC's decision ensures that the UK's substantial investment in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is exploited before embarking on a further facility of such scale. These decisions have been taken on the basis of peer-review evidence. " The full response can be found at: http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15216.asp The petition can be found online at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Physics-Funding/ PhysicsWorld has a news article which can be read online at: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/33724 Norman Graf