Brexit - a summary for science
31 Jan 2020
As the country gets set to leave the EU tonight, we take a very brief look back at our some of our coverage over 2019 delving into what this might mean for UK science
17 Oct 2019 ... Figures released by the Royal Society indicate the damaging impact on UK science caused by the uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
9 Aug 2019 ... In a video livestreamed from his desk at Downing Street on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced plans to relax immigration rules for scientists in preparation for exiting the EU at the end of October.
15 May 2019 ... In the shifting sands of Brexit, there are some things of which we can be sure. And one of them feels to me worryingly like the first real casualty ...
16 Sep 2019 ... The new Government has been in place for only a few weeks now and in that time, we’ve already had a slew of new policy and spending proposals. Of particular interest to us was an announcement on immigration for science that made front-page news.
23 May 2019 ... The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union includes the removal of a blanket ban on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), according to the UK Trade Policy Observatory, which would weaken regulation of harmful pesticides.
26 Feb 2019 ... We have used many column inches in Lab News to talk about immigration, but rather than focusing on current issues with immigration policy we have been looking at how a post-Brexit immigration system will affect the research and innovation community.
