UK considering options after access to EU research scheme stalls
The UK has been seeking to access Horizon Europe, the EU's €95.5bn (£81.2bn) scientific funding programme, since it left the EU.
The government said the EU "continues to decline this request" . A meeting on Thursday ended in deadlock.
The European Commission has been approached for comment.
Britain's continued participation was agreed in principle under the Trade and Co-operation Agreement, the post-Brexit trade deal. This participation has never been ratified.
The government has accused the EU of breaching its treaty obligations over Horizon but Brussels says there was no "precise deadline" to finalize access.
The delays are due to an ongoing dispute about post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.
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