Inquiry into basic payments
The head of the Rural Payments Agency Mark Grimshaw has faced a committee of MPs to answer questions about how farmers' EU payments have been processed and paid.
The head of the Rural Payments Agency Mark Grimshaw has faced a committee of MPs to answer questions about how EU payments to English farmers have been processed and paid. In Scotland the Government is paying 拢200 million to tide farmers over after problems with the payments system there. Conservative MSPs have demanded an inquiry.
And Anna Hill meets two ex-servicemen who have joined a scheme to help members of the armed services find jobs in farming.
Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Sally Challoner.
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