Closure of post-Brexit subsidies wrongly blocked 3,000 English farmers from funding

Sustainable farming initiative is part of payment package that replaced EU’s common agricultural policyUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters wrongly refused nature funding to 3,000 farmers in England when they shut the post-Brexit subsidy scheme, the government has admitted.There was anger earlier this year when the environment secretary, Steve Reed, suddenly paused a key post-Brexit farming payments scheme with little information about what would replace it and when. Continue reading...

May 12, 2025 - 15:49
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Closure of post-Brexit subsidies wrongly blocked 3,000 English farmers from funding

Sustainable farming initiative is part of payment package that replaced EU’s common agricultural policy

Ministers wrongly refused nature funding to 3,000 farmers in England when they shut the post-Brexit subsidy scheme, the government has admitted.

There was anger earlier this year when the environment secretary, Steve Reed, suddenly paused a key post-Brexit farming payments scheme with little information about what would replace it and when. Continue reading...