>£100m a year in EU structural funds, directed through @scotgov, is going. Being replaced by Shared Prosperity Fund - details unclear, until yesterday, when @SteveBarclay wrote to @KateForbesMSP, saying it will be a UK fund, effectively by-passing Holyrood, Cardiff, Stormont 1/
. @scotgov has plans to set its own priorities, but the UK govt wants to use the fund for its own ‘levelling up’ agenda, which is more focussed on the north of England. Having a big say on spending in Scotland also puts a union flag in the ground. 2/
. @KateForbesMSP wrote to the Treasury earlier this week, asking for a share of Covid contingency fund.
@SteveBarclay reply lists UK spending on Scotland, Holyrood tax flexibility, and says contingency is mainly for testing and vaccines, which are centrally funded. 3/
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