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Scotland’s European Structural Funds – following the money

Reading Time: 7 minutesRecent media reports have suggested that some of the European structural funds allocated to Scotland during the 2014-2020 programme period may not ultimately be received by the Scottish Government because of a failure to spend the full value of the programme. This blog sets out the various figures available, including new data provided to SPICe by the Scottish Government.  For context, it also explains what Structural Funds are and why we are still talking about them given Scotland left the EU in 2020. 

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