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Jeremy Clarkson's farm secures more than £250,000 in subsidies

Jeremy Clarkson Diddly Squat Farm Defra Diddly Squat Environment

Jeremy Clarkson who has an estimated fortune of £55 million has claimed more that £250,000 in government and EU subsidies for his farm in the last three years, the Mirror reports. According to figures obtained using Environmental Information regulations Diddly Squat Farm has benefitted by two kinds of payments.

The popular presenter has regularly spoken out on people ‘not paying enough’ for food and claims most farms don’t make a profit on the hit Amazon Prime show Clarkson’s Farm. The Mirror reported that the farm got the money from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).

Figures obtained using Environmental Information regulations reveal that the agency, part of DEFRA, awarded the business £133,733.01 under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), split across two payments in December 2021 and 2022.

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