UK warned not to cut science and research links with EU after Brexit

Former EU commissioner Pascal Lamy calls for post-Brexit framework in which the UK can remain in the European Research Area

The British government has been warned by a Brussels political veteran not to make the "mistake" of cutting itself adrift from EU scientific programmes after Brexit.

Pascal Lamy, a former EU commissioner and two-time head of the World Trade Organisation, said everyone would lose out if the UK chose to end European scientific ties.