Tories criticise delay in spending Euro cash

Article reports that Welsh Conservative have criticised the delay in getting the 2007-2013 Convergence Programme properly under way, and said there was an urgent need for European money to be used more quickly to combat the recession.

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Western Mail, 13.1.09: European cash windfall needs to be spent now http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/01/13/european-cash-windfall-needs-to-be-spent-now-91466-22677547/

Western Mail, 20.1.09: Projects to boost Welsh economy ‘held back by bureaucracy’ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/01/20/projects-to-boost-welsh-economy-held-back-by-bureaucracy-91466-22731701/

Western Mail, 13.1.09: WAG makes it hard for voluntary sector http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/letters-to-the-editor/western-mail-letters/2009/01/13/tuesday-13-january-2009-91466-22677549/

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