How long will £2.2bn landowner subsidy last in post-Brexit UK?

Brexit threatens multi-million pound annual EU farm payments to the UK’s landed gentry, including the queen.
How long will £2.2bn landowner subsidy last in post-Brexit UK?

The threat to millions of pounds in annual farmland payments from the EU makes Brexit a bitter pill for some of the richest people in the UK.

Exiting the EU will leave them at the mercy of the British taxpayer, who is unlikely to stand for huge annual farm subsidies to the country’s wealthiest families.

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