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Environment Secretary Plans for New Farming Subsidy Post Brexit

05/01/2018

Michael Gove has indicated that the Common Agricultural Policy will be replaced with new farming subsidies once the UK leaves the European Union.

Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, has suggested that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be replaced by a new ‘green farming’ system. The minister believes the current CAP system, whereby 80% of subsidies (around £2.1 billion a year in the UK, via the Basic Payment Scheme), is flawed.

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