NICOLA Sturgeon faces embarrassment in Brussels after it was revealed the Scottish Government is set to lose £14million in EU funding due to a series of ‘errors’.
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The political blunder comes as Sturgeon tries to engineer a way for Scotland to remain in the EU
But the European Commission was reluctant to part with the cash after a series of errors with the schemes was uncovered.
Audit Scotland revealed the funding gap in the books in their 2015-16 report.
They described the debacle as a “permanent loss of grant to the Scottish Government which it cannot now recover.”
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Audit Scotland revealed the funding gap in the books in their 2015-16 report
There has been a long-term problem with the Scottish Government’s ability to manage EU funding
“We want to know why errors were made, the action taken by the Scottish Government to recover funding and whether any domestic budgets may now have to be raided.
“Above all, we need a clear statement from the Scottish Government that it has fully learned the lessons of this episode as public bodies spend the new round of structural funds.
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Scottish Conservative shadow finance secretary Murdo Fraser called it “incompetent”
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The European Commission was reluctant to part with the cash after a series of errors
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You couldn’t make this up! This woman is a pathetic joke and her party is incompetent to boot. I hope she and her colleagues get the come uppence they deserve. They are pompous and arrogant, just like her EU masters!!