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SCOTTISH rural projects are set to miss out on £14m-a year in critical EU funding post-Brexit each year, it has been revealed. Some 21 rural areas in Scotland will lose the funding on economic, environmental and social measures from EU Structural Funds. That is the warning from the Scottish LEADER programme, the key Scottish rural development initiative which has distributed £82m of EU funding between 2014 and 2020. That is in return for projects coming up with £68m matched funding. They say it has aided some 1,034 projects and over 2.25 million people. A replacement Shared Prosperity Fund was proposed as an alternative by the Scottish Government. But the programme says that was rejected and in its place is a £220 million pilot scheme for the whole UK expected in in 2021-22.
Outlook 2021: Farm policy and funding Caroline Ingamells 16 December 2020 >More in
Farm support will dominate the agenda in 2021, with payments linked to environmental improvements.
Two government policies in particular will shape the future for farming – the Environment Bill and Part 2 of Defra’s National Food Strategy.
Lack of information on transition to new schemes is causing frustration
Environment Bill air and water quality measures will demand more of farming
Basic Payment Scheme
Since Anderson’s Outlook 2021 was written, Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) reduction rates for English claimants have been announced through to 2024. However, more information is needed on delinking of the BPS from land and lump sum payments, according to Andersons consultant Caroline Ingamells.
DUP accused of blocking Stormont budget over demand to plug EU funding hole in Diane Dodds department It is understood economy minister Diane Dodds has requested £45m be re-allocated to her department to make up for lost EU funding Ryan McAleer 23 December, 2020 01:00
Conor Murphy has told the Finance Committee that Arlene Foster is blocking the progress of his draft budget paper. Picture by Hugh Russell.
THE DUP has been accused of blocking progress of Stormont’s budget over a row surrounding the loss of EU funding within Diane Dodds Department for the Economy.
A draft budget paper, which contains each department’s allocation for 2021/22, failed to make it on the agenda for the fourth successive meeting of the Executive on Tuesday.