Brexit

Fast track ‘Global Talent’ visa will have no limit on numbers and applicants will not need to have a job before arriving in the country

UK science campaigner Mike Galsworthy, depleted after losing his all-consuming campaign to keep UK in the EU, says he has found a new fighting purpose for 2020

EU research chief Mariya Gabriel says basic principles of UK participation in EU research programmes will be the same as for other non-EU members

Ursula von der Leyen says both sides will have to "prioritise" which elements are negotiated before the end of 2020

MPs defeat opposition amendment to Brexit bill that would have committed UK to negotiating student scheme access in 2020

Science budget and R&D tax breaks will go up, but manifesto promise of agency modelled on DARPA is ditched, as government confirms it wants a hard Brexit, with UK outside the EU single market and customs union

Manifesto promise of increased science funding is welcomed but many fear uncertainty about the UK’s place in future European research projects