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Further budget cuts for Welsh farmers

CLA Cymru said it worked out at a '12.9 per cent reduction in the rural affairs budget', hollowing out around 拢50 million in support for farming. But the Welsh Government said Basic Payment Scheme payments would be maintained at 拢238m for 2024

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Further budget cuts for Welsh farmers

The Welsh Government has been accused of going back on its promises of 鈥榥ot a penny less' for agriculture when it left the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), with the announcement of further cuts to the...

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