Month: January 2018

Energy Now Expo 2018

Ed Bailey has been invited to participate in a debate on the continued growth of the Welsh renewables sector on 8th February at the Energy Now Expo 2018

Energy

Gove sets out post-Brexit farm funding plan

In 2016 it was revealed that the Treasury would match the existing CAP funding, currently made via the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) until 2020. Under the Conservative Election Manifesto, this was extended to 2022. Subject to consultation it has been further extended by Mr Gove to 2024. The UK Government now says it wants to end “unjust” landowner subsidies after Britain leaves the EU. That was the top headline for most newsstands which covered UK environment secretary Michael Gove’s speech to the Oxford Farming Conference earlier this week (Thursday 4th January 2018). The environment secretary argued that the status…
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