Liverpool will lose £290m of EU cash – Mayor Joe

MAYOR of Liverpool Joe Anderson fears European funding to the city will be cut by up to £290m.

It follows a meeting last week between representatives from Liverpool and Sheffield and Whitehall officials where they were told to expect funding for 2014-20 to be the same as the last three years of the current European programme.

The city estimates this represents a 65% cut compared to the 2000-13 programme which delivered around £440m.

The council said it followed the Government's decision to realloc... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...