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A sinister agenda down on the farm

Over the Easter week we are repeating the five most read articles we have published this year. This is No 5 and it was first published on February 22. FARMING in England is facing a crisis as thousands of farmers have accepted government payments of up to £100,000 to leave their land. The Department for […]

A sinister agenda down on the farm

FARMING in England is facing a crisis as thousands of farmers have accepted government payments of up to £100,000 to leave their land. The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) say that their ‘Lump Sum Exit Scheme’, launched in 2022 by Boris Johnson, aims to ‘support farmers in England who wish to leave […]