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02-28-2024, 08:14 AM
https://images.ctfassets.net/pjshm78m9jt4/419mO3S5WLkAfcuqKqAO0P/76438b15b84f3a5c08e96bffd305376c/IMG_0512.jpg?fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=400&h=225&q=80Farmers arrived outside the Welsh Conservative conference on FridayCredit: ITV Cymru Wales
Thousandsof farmers are expected to gather outside the Senedd in Cardiff (https://www.itv.com/news/wales/topic/cardiff) in the biggest protest seen so far against the Welsh Government's future subsidy plans.
Farmers in Wales have a series of grievances with the Welsh Government which have reached a crescendo in recent weeks, leading to protests and the sight of convoys of tractors.
Most prominently they’re trying to persuade Welsh ministers to change their minds when it comes to a new system of subsidies, under which they’d be paid for working to help the environment rather than simply producing food.
But they’re also angry about the Welsh Government’s anti-water pollution scheme and they’re worried that TB in cattle continues to be a big problem here in Wales.
Politics is complicating the issue. The Welsh Government is controlled by Labour which sees the changes as part of tackling a climate change crisis.
Conservatives both here and in Westminster have made it part of their claim to be committed to what they see as more sensible steps to tackle climate change
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2024-02-28/why-thousands-of-farmers-are-protesting-outside-the-senedd
This could easily escalate?
Thousandsof farmers are expected to gather outside the Senedd in Cardiff (https://www.itv.com/news/wales/topic/cardiff) in the biggest protest seen so far against the Welsh Government's future subsidy plans.
Farmers in Wales have a series of grievances with the Welsh Government which have reached a crescendo in recent weeks, leading to protests and the sight of convoys of tractors.
Most prominently they’re trying to persuade Welsh ministers to change their minds when it comes to a new system of subsidies, under which they’d be paid for working to help the environment rather than simply producing food.
But they’re also angry about the Welsh Government’s anti-water pollution scheme and they’re worried that TB in cattle continues to be a big problem here in Wales.
Politics is complicating the issue. The Welsh Government is controlled by Labour which sees the changes as part of tackling a climate change crisis.
Conservatives both here and in Westminster have made it part of their claim to be committed to what they see as more sensible steps to tackle climate change
https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2024-02-28/why-thousands-of-farmers-are-protesting-outside-the-senedd
This could easily escalate?