Axe falls on taxpayer subsidies to farmers: George Eustice to confirm that payments will be stopped

Government reveals plans to ‘revolutionise’ farming with payments to protect the environment, produce free-range goods and ‘restore the landscape’ replacing costly EU subsidies While currently farmers are paid subsidies for amount of land they own, new system will see incentives for implementing sustainable, eco-friendly measures This includes producing free-range products and improving farm animal welfare … Read more

The Queen received 55% boost in EU farming subsidies at Sandringham

The Queen’s Sandringham estate clawed in almost £1million in EU handouts last year after Prince Charles turned the farms organic, a royal finance expert has revealed. Her Majesty’s sprawling Norfolk residence has been showered with Brussels subsidy money since the UK joined the bloc in the 1970s and became eligible for a portion of the … Read more