Rejection of Brexit deal causes alarm across science community

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Fears that UK could sleepwalk into a ‘no deal’ EU exit damaging research funding and collaboration

The UK still has a government. But following parliament’s rejection of prime minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal, the country no longer has a plan for exiting the EU on 29 March. Politics is in turmoil and the outlook for science is bleak.