The heads of two Stormont departments have described the delivery of British government funds that are designed to replace EU money after Brexit as "fragmented" and a "highly sub-optimal way to serve the people of Northern Ireland".
The criticisms are contained in a letter to the chair of a Westminster committee from Neil Gibson and Mike Brennan, permanent secretaries at the Department of Finance and Department for the Economy, respectively.
They wrote to Clive Betts, chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, last month ahead of an 11th hour announcement of money to replace the European Social Fund, which provided around £40 milion a year for hundreds of community organisations.
Source: irishnews.com