{"id":44498,"date":"2014-07-02T11:49:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T11:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c261cb24b73e2105d9fea2d1259b1e6a"},"modified":"2014-07-02T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T11:49:40","slug":"news-story-dundee-benefiting-from-uk-government-investment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44498","title":{"rendered":"News story: Dundee benefiting from UK Government investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Dundee is a prime example of how Scotland benefits from being part of the UK, Scotland Office Minister David Mundell told the House of Commons today.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mundell was responding to a question from Dundee West MP Jim McGovern at this week\u2019s Scottish Questions in Westminster.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/topical-events\/scottish-independence-referendum\">Visit the Scottish independence referendum page for more information<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr Mundell said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Regional Air Connectivity Fund has successfully secured the air link between Dundee and London; ensuring key industries remain connected to the rest of the UK.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Dundee\u2019s video games sector has been given a major boost through tax relief measures which we introduced.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also provided millions of pounds to the city\u2019s well respected universities through research council funding.<\/p>\n<p>The Verdant Works museum enjoyed a \u00a31.8m Heritage Lottery Fund award towards the restoration of A-listed derelict buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">As part of the UK we have economic security, international influence and the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr McGovern asked Mr Mundell what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Regional Air Connectivity Fund on Scotland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/Go4A1\">Sign up for the Scotland Office\u2019s weekly newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland Office Minister David Mundell highlights the ways in which Dundee has benefited from being part of the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}