The Chancellor said any agreement on UK involvement would depend upon the benefit to taxpayers. Mr Hunt said the “optimal outcome” would be to find a way for participation in the programme to “work for the UK”. I think that they are becoming more crunchy as we start to work out precisely what terms for participation in Horizon would be fair to UK taxpayers and work for the UK. She said: “I think both sides know that there are benefits to have a shared area around science and innovation. The Times reported that talks on the long-term relationship between Gibraltar and its neighbour Spain had foundered over the issue.

Source: The Times June 27, 2023 14:13 UTC