Brexit: UK may get poorer access than Israel to EU science scheme

Exclusive: UK may have to pay more for privilege of collaborating, draft paper saysTheresa May’s appeal for a special Brexit deal on science and research collaboration, worth billions to the British economy, is being stonewalled by Brussels as it prepares to offer an arrangement less privileged and more expensive than that given to non-EU states such as Israel.The European commission’s negotiators refused to discuss the issue in formal talks last week, instead insisting they would pr