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The National (Scotland)
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Steph Brawn

'Garbage': Tory government claims SNP councils 'endorse Levelling Up plans'

Alister Jack said the number of bids for Levelling Up funding from Scotland is a 'ringing endorsement' of the scheme

THE UK Government has been accused of spouting “shamelessly misleading garbage” about the Levelling Up Fund (LUF) after Alister Jack claimed the level of applications from Scottish councils demonstrated “a ringing endorsement of our true devolution vision”.

It has emerged around 50 bids have been submitted by local authorities across Scotland, including from the SNP administration in Glasgow, despite the Scottish Government’s opposition to the scheme.

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