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 £50 million in support for farming. But the Welsh Government said Basic Payment Scheme payments would be maintained at £238m for 2024

Rachael Brown
clock • 2 min read
Further budget cuts for Welsh farmers

The Welsh Government has been accused of going back on its promises of ‘not 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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