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Framing SFI closure as a triumph added 'insult to injury', says Efra chair

The Government has pulled the rug out from under farmers across England, according to Alastair Carmichael

Chris Brayford
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Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael said: "The decision to close SFI on Tuesday (March 11) without any notice has provoked predictable and justifiable fury, but doing it with a press release that sought to present it as some sort of triumph added insult to injury. It was almost like a return to the glory days of the Soviet Union, when the Politburo would boast about their advances in meeting their targets in the five-year plan for tractor production."
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Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael said: "The decision to close SFI on Tuesday (March 11) without any notice has provoked predictable and justifiable fury, but doing it with a press release that sought to present it as some sort of triumph added insult to injury. It was almost like a return to the glory days of the Soviet Union, when the Politburo would boast about their advances in meeting their targets in the five-year plan for tractor production."

Efra Committee Chair Alastair Carmichael has criticised the tone of language used by Defra to announce its closure of Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications for farmers seeking to benefit nature,...

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