Community projects in Northern Ireland are facing a “cliff edge” as EU funding expires next week, while the UK’s replacement funding has not yet been allocated, the Lords heard on Tuesday.
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick, former leader of the SDLP, challenged the Government in the House of Lords over its failure to allocate equivalent cash for projects benefiting from the European Social Fund.
Her comments came as other peers said farmers risk falling in the “gap” between the end of European agriculture funding and the UK’s replacement schemes.
