The vast majority of Scotland’s councils will bid for money from an £800million “levelling up” fund launched by Boris Johnson, the Sunday Mail has learned.
Senior figures in the SNP have condemned the Prime Minister’s spending plans as a “naked power grab” and accused Westminster of failing to match EU money lost as a result of Brexit.
But we can reveal the UK Government has already funded £2billion of projects north of the Border through the controversial agenda which largely bypasses the Scottish Government.
