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'Significant flaw' in UK Shared Prosperity Fund

Welsh councils with large populations could lose out on tens of millions of pounds from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), new analysis has concluded.

Welsh councils with large populations could lose out on tens of millions of pounds from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), new analysis has concluded.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think-tank said it had uncovered a ‘significant flaw' in the formula used to allocate funding for the UKSPF, which uses a formula that takes into account deprivation levels but not population.

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