A TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed that £536.4 million is being spent on ten active funding programmes focused on supporting farmers and farming communities abroad.
Speaking to the Daily Express, which published these findings, our investigations campaign manager, Joanna Marchong, said:
“British farmers will be outraged to hear that foreign farmers are getting more support from the government than they are.
“Labour has announced a rise in inheritance tax that will see many farmers lose their livelihoods and farms that have been in their families for generations. All for the sake of a few pennies.
“Reeves should cut funding to farms abroad and focus on supporting British farmers who directly contribute to their communities and our county’s food security .”