Ministers 'caving in' on EU farming subsidy changes

Name: Ministers 'caving in' on EU farming subsidy changes
Uploaded: 2013-12-20T08:30:26.000Z
Duration: 1 min 26 s
Description: Wildlife groups have accused ministers of caving in to pressure from the National Farmers Union (NFU) over changes to EU farm subsidies in England.

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Wildlife groups have accused ministers of caving in to pressure from the National Farmers Union (NFU) over changes to EU farm subsidies in England.

The government is taking more from farmers' European grants to pay for wildlife protection, but by less than it originally proposed.

Roger Harrabin reports.

20 December 2013