Prior to Brexit Cornwall had qualified for funding from the EU due to it being recognised as one of the poorest regions in Europe.
(...) receiving £100m a year for economic stimulus / projects for employment and skills to infrastructure.
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"Prime Minister Boris Johnson has previously stated that Cornwall would not miss out on any funding that it would have received if the UK had remained in the EU."
However it has been revealed that the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) – which has been put forward as the 👇
mechanism to provide that replacement funding – will not fully start until 2022 and that the pilot scheme, the Community Renewal Fund (CRF), worth £220m for the whole of the country will only allow local authorities to bid for a maximum of £3m.
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Cornwall Council is set to bid for the full £3m allowed, but there is not enough cash to fulfil that for every council so some councils may get less or nothing at all."
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The image on the top tweet is from March 2020. He had to stop that line of argument. But kept attempting others ever since. Always, always on the wrong side.
Both UK independent medical/scientific/drugs regulators approve the Pfizer Covid vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) and the independent Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) said they had...👇
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weighed the evidence of trials in children and found the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective. It has already been approved for use in children aged 12 to 15 in the US.
“We have carefully reviewed clinical trial data in children aged 12 to 15 years and have concluded... 👇
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... that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is SAFE AND EFFECTIVE in this age group and that THE BENEFITS of this vaccine OUTWEIGH ANY RISK”
Due to the circulating and highly contagious ☀️Delta☀️ variant, CDC recommends universal indoor masking by all students (☀️age 2☀️ and older), staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status.