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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Claire Hayhurst

Welsh Government announces changes to controversial farming payment scheme

Farmers protested against the scheme at the Senedd in February (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

Farmers in Wales will not be expected to have a minimum of 10% tree cover on their land, after changes to a controversial subsidy scheme.

Huw Irranca-Davies, the deputy first minister of Wales, confirmed a number of changes to the Welsh Government’s controversial sustainable farming scheme.

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