UK considers what life would look like outside Europe’s huge research programme

The government will need to invest around £1.5 billion annually in additional funding for science research and innovation if the UK does not associate to the EU’s €100 billion (£84 billion) framework programme, Horizon Europe. That’s according to a review of alternatives that concludes that, while EU arrangements shouldn’t be replicated precisely in the UK, the assets, infrastructure and capabilities that have been built up through decades of participation should immediately be protected.