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Crisis over leaving the EU sees Jo Johnson, brother of prime minister Boris Johnson, resign for a second time over Brexit

Small companies will be particularly exposed, and the overall effect could be “extremely damaging” for UK businesses

Mark Walport, the most powerful figure in UK science, talks about maintaining a strong voice in the EU capital, and how to get it right on mission-led research

The European Commission’s 18th annual innovation scoreboard shows the EU has overtaken the US for the first time, while across Europe, the UK and Luxembourg lose their innovation leader status and Estonia joins the ranks of strong innovators

With an eye on Brexit, there’s contingency money for the JET nuclear fusion facility, and tweaks to the visa system in bid to attract more researchers from outside the EU