Wales rejects EU, but its money will be missed

Newport, Wales

DAVID Adams co-owns a painting business here. His leanings in the recent referendum to leave the European Union (EU) would seem obvious.

Grants from the EU have funded many of the projects he works on, including the former bank branch he was painting last week in this city in southern Wales. EU funds also helped him hire apprentices, including his son. And Wales gets back far more money from the EU than it pays in.