The proposals have got it wrong – ‘low pay’ does not equal low skill or low value The proposals from the UK government on introducing a salary threshold of £25,600 will badly hit local businesses and public sector bodies, according to research from the East of Scotland European Consortium (ESEC), a partnership of 7 local […]
Scottish organisations still in the dark on what will replace almost €1b in EU Structural Funds ESEC chair Councillor Will Dawson has written to Liz Truss MP, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, in order to seek assurances in relation to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF), the financial framework which the UK Government has […]
The East of Scotland European Consortium (ESEC) welcomes the report on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Post-Brexit funding for Nations, Regions and Local Areas. In the period of 2014-20, Scotland will have received €476 million from the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) and €465 million from the European […]
Fife joins Dundee and Angus Councils in calling on government to stay in Interreg post-Brexit Fife Council has adopted a motion in support of the United Kingdom remaining in the EU Interreg funding programme post-Brexit. The motion, which was approved unanimously, remits the council’s chief executive to write to the Secretary of State for Exiting […]
Angus Council and Dundee City Council call on government to stay in Interreg post-Brexit Dundee City Council and Angus Council have both adopted motions in support of the United Kingdom remaining in the EU Interreg funding programme post-Brexit. The motions, which were approved unanimously, remit the councils’ chief executives to write to the Secretary of […]