Farmers’ fury over proposed £3billion funding cuts: Former minister calls to cut ALL subsidies to UK agriculture once Britain leaves the EU

‘Farmers reacted with fury last night to a proposal to axe their £3 billion in taxpayer handouts after the UK leaves the EU.
Former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson told a secret ‘Brexit seminar’ of former Cabinet Ministers at an Oxford college that Theresa May should follow the example of New Zealand, which ended government help for farmers virtually overnight in the 1980s.
The shock forced a radical shake-up in the country, with sheep farms replaced by deer parks and vineyards. But critics claim it led to widespread economic distress and a sharp rise in suicides.’
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