THE UK Government has been slated for disregarding Levelling Up bids from Scotland’s poorest areas in the latest round of funding.
It has emerged five of the least well-off districts in Scotland – according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) – received no grants at all in the second tranche of scheme that was supposed to replace EU funding.
Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Clackmannanshire, West Dunbartonshire and North Ayrshire were not awarded any money and just 10 Scottish projects out of 111 across the UK were successful.
