Sharing power and prosperity in Scotland

Policy campaign

Published

7th November 2020

Last updated

9th November 2020

Region

Scotland

Policy issue

Community

Co-op development

Worker ownership

In this short policy paper we propose - and explain why - Scottish government should consider earmarking around 20 per cent of the Shared Prosperity Fund for community-led economy development (CED).

In 2017 the UK government said it would replace EU Structural and Investment Funds with a new Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF). We believe a significant proportion of this fund should be used for CED.

Shared power, shared prosperity

Read our policy paper

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