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She also raised concern that the stimulus package may have a negative impact on the R rate of the virus, adding that the English chief medical officer Chris Whitty has warned of a potential third wave of coronavirus in the autumn.
“Do we really want to be putting stimulus packages like this in the high street at the moment,” she said.
Official Paul Grocott said they have not had any negative feedback from businesses they have consulted with about the scheme.
“It is exactly the type of intervention that they want to see, they want to see government money being used to incentivise people to get out on to the high street, and in effect what we are doing is putting £140m into the local high streets,” he told MLAs.
Diane Dodds warns loss of EU funding represents huge financial risk” for her department Economy Minister Diane Dodds has said her department is facing a £70m shortfall in 2021/22 from the loss of EU funding. Ryan McAleer 17 December, 2020 01:00
DUP Economy Minister Diane Dodds has warned that the loss of EU funding “represents a huge financial risk” for her department.
Speaking to Stormont’s Economy Committee on Wednesday morning, the former pro-Brexit MEP said EU funding was worth around £100m per year to the Department for the Economy and its various arms lengths bodies, including Invest NI.
She said her department is facing a £70m shortfall in 2021/22 from the loss of EU funding, with little sign London will step in to fill the void.