The environment secretary has said that leaving the EU has enabled the government to replace the "rigid bureaucratic system, that didn't work for food production" for a bespoke system that responds to the needs of British farmers.
It comes as the government are set to highlight Ā£427 million in grants for agriculture, including a doubling of the amount going to technology and innovation schemes to help farmers increase productivity ā such as robotics, roof-top solar and agricultural research.
Report by Covellm.
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The UK Health Security Agency said 22 cases of cryptosporidium, a waterborne disease caused by a microscopic parasite, had been confirmed in Brixham. The disease causes sickness and diarrhoea. South West Water had opened two bottled water collection points. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden downplayed Labourās key election campaign as being āKeir Starmerās sixteenth relaunch in a few months.ā Responding to Sir Keir Starmerās speech, in which the Labour leader unveiled a pledge card with six āfirst stepsā his party would take if it were to win power, Holden described Starmer as a āserial promise-breaker who doesnāt have the courage or conviction to stick to a single pledge he has ever made.ā Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer launches Labourās doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election, with a set of āfirst stepsā for government. In a launch event at a potential electoral battleground in Essex, the Labour leader sets out his partyās offer, building on the missions for what it has branded a ādecade of national renewalā should it win when voters go to the polls. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Labour's Pat McFadden insists investment will be made available for their six pledges which will be presented today in a speech, as Sir Keir Starmer launches Labourās doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election, with a set of āfirst stepsā for government. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says millions of British children have only known life in poverty - and he's called for a Government rescue plan to help them. Brown has warned that food banks are increasingly taking over from the welfare state and called for urgent action by the current government. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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