Treasury takes back £1.6bn promised for science
The Treasury has taken back £1.6bn that it had allocated to UK involvement in a EU science research programme. …
The government negotiated associate membership of the programme in the withdrawal agreement following Brexit, because it felt it was important for the UK to be involved, But the EU went back on its part of the deal after disputes emerged over the Northern Ireland Protocol and British involvement in the prestigious programme has been left in limbo ever since.
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