UK scientist says Britons in Europe 'utterly ignored' by government

Leading astrophysicist Mark McCaughrean, based in the Netherlands, says many may have to forgo British citizenship

One of the most senior British scientists in Europe has made an impassioned plea to the government to reconsider its implacable opposition to freedom of movement, saying it is a direct attack on around 1 million British nationals living on the continent.

Britons living in Europe will be left with fewer rights if free movement disappears, while European passport holders living in the UK will continue to have rights as EU citizens post-Brexit.