RISHI Sunak will be running a “UK-wide” government that works in devolved areas – and Nicola Sturgeon should not play “student politics” about it, a Scottish Tory MSP has suggested.
Craig Hoy, who sits on the UK Tory Party’s board as the chair of the Scots Conservatives, told the BBC that the circumventing Holyrood and providing councils directly with UK Government funding was “a very important sign that the Union is working”.
Before Brexit, EU funding was passed to and allocated by the Scottish Government. However, the UK Government has taken complete control over post-Brexit replacements – such as the Shared Prosperity Fund and Levelling Up Fund.
