BBC reports on the fiasco at the Rural Payments agency The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee called the handling of the new Single Payments Scheme an “embarrassing failure”. In a report, it complained Mrs Beckett and senior officials had not been held “personally accountable” for delays. The committee said problems could cost the government up to £500m. Last month, it was revealed that UK taxpayers could face a £300m European Commission fine for the […]
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