03-01-2024 13:06 via theguardian.com

Ministers accused of breaking post-Brexit spending promise to English farmers

Exclusive: Figures show hundreds of millions of pounds from promised £2.4bn a year on agriculture not spentThe government has been accused of breaking its promise to English farmers, with hundreds of millions of pounds missing from the farming budget.Ministers had promised that by the end of this parliament, they would spend £2.4bn a year on agriculture. This money was to replace the EU’s common agricultural policy, which paid farmers for each hectare of land they managed. Inst
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