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Bletchley Park funding call rejected: No new cash for codebreakers' home

The National Museum of Computing rescue rebuffed

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By silicon.com

Published: 26 August 2009 16:07 GMT

Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreakers during World War II, will get no financial support from the government after a petition calling for funding from Whitehall was rejected today.

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Bletchley Park is to receive no government funding (photo credit: Nick Heath/silicon.com)

Bletchley, which houses the National Museum of Computing, had been seeking government backing as it currently only has enough cash to sustain it for two to three more years.

ZDNet UK has more on the government rejection of the petition to rescue Bletchley.

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