UK research funders announce liberated open access policy : Nature
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/07/uk-research-funders-announce-liberated-open-access-policy.html
From April 2013, science papers must be made free to access within six months of publication if they come from work paid for by one of the UK’s seven government-funded grant agencies, the research councils, which together spend about £2.8 billion each year on research.