fresh constitutional clash around next week’s Westminster budget.The original £4 billion fund announced by Rishi Sunak last year was for England only but it has now been announced that Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales will benefit from a share of the total pot, which has increased to £4.8 billion.Jack said: “This is actually true devolution in practice.
Scotland has two governments and this is the United Kingdom Government spending money, new money directly with local authorities.”The fund uses powers of the controversial Internal Markets Act to allow the UK Ministers to take over European Union funding of big projects with Scottish councils for things like roads, bridges and economic renewal.The funds replace EU funding previously.
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