More details from the government’s Spending Review show that Defra will further accelerate the phasing out of former Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) support payments. 2026 and 2027 payments will be capped at just £600 per eligible...
The government has reacted to increases in farm production costs by allowing eligible claimants in England to draw a 50% advance on their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) scheme entitlements which are usually paid in...
The Rural Payments Agency reports that it paid 98.3% of eligible Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claims in England within the first month of the 2021/22 payment window which runs between December and June. It also paid 62.2% of claims to...
A break from the inflexible CAP was touted as one of the major Brexit benefits for UK agriculture, and yet the government seems to be losing control of this narrative. In early 2018 Michael Gove, when Defra secretary, set out a new...
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has published Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlement rates for England, which will be paid to eligible claimants from December 1st 2021. The rate for Non-Severely Disadvantaged Areas (SDA) is...
Ahead of this week’s Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, the NFU has called for a delay in the post-Brexit farm subsidy cuts in England. It says postponing the planned reductions in Basic Payment Scheme support in the 2022 and 2023 scheme years in England...