Phil Hogan says UK farmers benefit as EU members

The benefits of the Common Agricultural Policy for British farmers were outlined by EU commissioner Phil Hogan at the Oxford Farming Conference.

He said yesterday Britain will soon vote on membership of a reformed EU in a referendum and it was not for him to tell anyone how to vote.

He posed a question relating to a potential Brexit: “How would Britain, with a population of 60m, fare in negotiating with countries like China, with a population 1.3bn?”