EU's funding for UK's poorest areas 'must be matched after Brexit'

EU's funding for UK's poorest areas 'must be matched after Brexit':

Government’s new fund should at least equal EU’s near £2bn, Industrial Communities Alliance says

The Treasury will need to find almost £2bn a year to fill the hole left when EU funding for some of Britain’s poorest communities ends after Brexit, ministers have been told.

A body that represents local authorities in the industrial areas of England, Scotland and Wales said the government needed to match the money currently coming from Brussels and allow for extra EU cash that would have arrived over the next few years.

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