After the latest meeting bears no fruit, UK must decide on launching its own alternative programme or taking the EU to months-long arbitration

As summer draws to a close, Science|Business looks at the main policy issues that will be grabbing attention over the next few months

In the heat of Tory leadership contest, UK foreign secretary sets wheels in motion for international arbitration of its membership in EU research programme

In letters to EU and UK leaders, House of Lords European affairs committee calls for a ‘high-level political intervention’ to unblock the association talks

With association still not signed off, funding for successful applicants will be guaranteed by the UK. But this is a ‘short-term measure’ and 2020 contingency plans that were drawn up in case of a no-deal Brexit are now being refreshed for if there is no association agreement

Research cooperation is caught up in rising tensions between London and Brussels regarding Northern Ireland’s status in the EU single market, says research commissioner Mariya Gabriel

The UK government claims the Turing scheme will fully replace Erasmus+, but the two schemes have different aims.

There are tweaks to the talent visa, but science funding ‘notably scarce’, while there’s no mention of how the government will meet the costs of EU science participation

Brexit put the brakes on investment for years, but champions of the tech say there is now a chance to make up ground. A new £130M research centre is on the way and plans for the first gigafactory are in hand

Government will establish a new independent authority to monitor state subsidy decisions, but the big question is how far the UK system will diverge from EU rules