Campaigners from BI4Farmers have said that they were ‘basically kept afloat’ by EU subsidies before Brexit. Schemes to replace EU subsidies will not plug gap left by loss of EU subsidies for most farmers
Farmers are calling for the government to grant them a universal basic income, saying the post-Brexit agriculture subsidy scheme has left many poorer.
Delays to the sustainable farming schemes put in place after the UK left the European Union, to replace the common agricultural policy (CAP), have meant that in England many farmers have been left out of pocket. The new regime initially suffered from low subscription […]
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