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Which Parts Of Britain Get The Most Money From The EU?

  • <p>Named after an historic area, The Marches, a local enterprise partnership, includes Telford – the birthplace of industry – Shrewsbury and Hereford and more than 30 market towns.<i> (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95441602@N00" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Roger/Flickr;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Roger/Flickr</a>)</i></p>
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    The Marches

    Named after an historic area, The Marches, a local enterprise partnership, includes Telford – the birthplace of industry – Shrewsbury and Hereford and more than 30 market towns. (Roger/Flickr)

  • <p>All 14 Lancashire districts backed Brexit – with Blackpool voting 67.5% to 32.5% to Leave – despite the county having £211m allocated from the EU between 2014 and 2020. <i>(WikiCommons/Nuttytimmy)</i><br></p>
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    Lancashire

    All 14 Lancashire districts backed Brexit – with Blackpool voting 67.5% to 32.5% to Leave – despite the county having £211m allocated from the EU between 2014 and 2020. (WikiCommons/Nuttytimmy)

  • <p>Aside from South Lakeland, which voted Remain, Cumbrian voters turned out in their numbers to support a Brexit – but the area is in the top eight for funding from the EU.<br></p>
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    Cumbria

    Aside from South Lakeland, which voted Remain, Cumbrian voters turned out in their numbers to support a Brexit – but the area is in the top eight for funding from the EU.

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  • <p>The North East has the lowest GDP per capita in England, and has been a major benefactor of EU funding. Between 2007 and 2013 it received £195.4m in grants from the European Social Fund.<br></p>
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    North East

    The North East has the lowest GDP per capita in England, and has been a major benefactor of EU funding. Between 2007 and 2013 it received £195.4m in grants from the European Social Fund.

  • <p>Northern Ireland – like Scotland and London – voted to Remain in June’s referendum. It’s an area that has received a huge amount of EU funding, so talk of a united Ireland has already begun.</p>
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    Northern Ireland

    Northern Ireland – like Scotland and London – voted to Remain in June’s referendum. It’s an area that has received a huge amount of EU funding, so talk of a united Ireland has already begun.

  • <p>Teesside, along with the rest of the North East, voted overwhelmingly for the UK to leave the European Union in a huge blow to Labour, which lost the argument in its heartland. </p>
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    Tees Valley

    Teesside, along with the rest of the North East, voted overwhelmingly for the UK to leave the European Union in a huge blow to Labour, which lost the argument in its heartland.

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  • <p>Wales – which many believed would vote Remain – opted to Brexit in the end. This is despite the fact it received over £4bn of European money since 2000. </p>
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    East Wales

    Wales – which many believed would vote Remain – opted to Brexit in the end. This is despite the fact it received over £4bn of European money since 2000.

  • <p>In Scotland, 1.6m people opted for Remain – 62% of the votes cast – immediately prompting Nicola Sturgeon to declare that another Scottish referendum is on the cards.</p>
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    Highlands and Islands

    In Scotland, 1.6m people opted for Remain – 62% of the votes cast – immediately prompting Nicola Sturgeon to declare that another Scottish referendum is on the cards.

  • <p>Another part of Wales due to receive a hefty sum from the EU Structural Investment fund between 2014 and 2020. It means the entire country is in the top 10. <i>(Herby/WikiCommons)</i></p>
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    West Wales and Valleys

    Another part of Wales due to receive a hefty sum from the EU Structural Investment fund between 2014 and 2020. It means the entire country is in the top 10. (Herby/WikiCommons)

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  • <p>Cornwall received an average of £60m per year from the EU over the past decade – which is why it pleaded for reassurance it will not be “worse off” following the Brexit vote. </p>
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    Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

    Cornwall received an average of £60m per year from the EU over the past decade – which is why it pleaded for reassurance it will not be “worse off” following the Brexit vote.

<p>Named after an historic area, The Marches, a local enterprise partnership, includes Telford – the birthplace of industry – Shrewsbury and Hereford and more than 30 market towns.<i> (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95441602@N00" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Roger/Flickr;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">Roger/Flickr</a>)</i></p>
<p>All 14 Lancashire districts backed Brexit – with Blackpool voting 67.5% to 32.5% to Leave – despite the county having £211m allocated from the EU between 2014 and 2020. <i>(WikiCommons/Nuttytimmy)</i><br></p>
<p>Aside from South Lakeland, which voted Remain, Cumbrian voters turned out in their numbers to support a Brexit – but the area is in the top eight for funding from the EU.<br></p>
<p>The North East has the lowest GDP per capita in England, and has been a major benefactor of EU funding. Between 2007 and 2013 it received £195.4m in grants from the European Social Fund.<br></p>
<p>Northern Ireland – like Scotland and London – voted to Remain in June’s referendum. It’s an area that has received a huge amount of EU funding, so talk of a united Ireland has already begun.</p>
<p>Teesside, along with the rest of the North East, voted overwhelmingly for the UK to leave the European Union in a huge blow to Labour, which lost the argument in its heartland. </p>
<p>Wales – which many believed would vote Remain – opted to Brexit in the end. This is despite the fact it received over £4bn of European money since 2000. </p>
<p>In Scotland, 1.6m people opted for Remain – 62% of the votes cast – immediately prompting Nicola Sturgeon to declare that another Scottish referendum is on the cards.</p>
<p>Another part of Wales due to receive a hefty sum from the EU Structural Investment fund between 2014 and 2020. It means the entire country is in the top 10. <i>(Herby/WikiCommons)</i></p>
<p>Cornwall received an average of £60m per year from the EU over the past decade – which is why it pleaded for reassurance it will not be “worse off” following the Brexit vote. </p>
Anthony Pearce's Blog

In the build up to the Referendum, we heard a lot about the amount of money Britain puts into the EU – but little about how much we get out of it.

While the hotly disputed figure of £350m a week was widely circulated, the Remain campaign failed to articulate what comes back.

In fact, it’s only since the Brexit vote that those who benefit from EU funding have begun to ask: what now?

One council – in an area that voted to Leave – notoriously asked for reassurances that this money would not be cut.

But who gets the most?

These are the areas that, between 2014 and 2020, are scheduled to receive the most money from the EU Structural and Investment fund.