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The UK is failing to match lost EU regional funding | Brexit

Alongside the single market, the EEC/EU’s regional policy is perhaps the greatest legacy of the UK’s influence on the “European project”, following its accession 50 years ago. As noted by Lisa O’Carroll, Seán Clarke and Pamela Duncan (UK ministers pledged to match EU funds after Brexit. How’s that going?, 30 December), since then the European regional development fund (ERDF), European social fund (ESF) and other EU structural funds have played a significant and, in places, transformational role in supporting place-based development across the UK.They also detail the delays, reduced funding,...
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