By Jess Jones Tech secretary Michelle Donelan has said she is working to make it easier for British companies to access Horizon Europe funding as the UK looks to secure its science ‘superpower’ status. Horizon Europe is the European Union’s flagship research and innovation program for the period 2021 to 2027, and is a collaboration between Europe’s leading research institutes and technology companies, as well as researchers from New Zealand, Canada and Israel. The UK left the Horizon scheme after its formal departure from the EU in January 2020. But the UK struck a deal with Brussels last year…