Environment,Food and Rural Affairs Committee questions whether cuts to environment department budget would allow it to function effectively in futureThe gutting of the budget for the UK government’s already “hollowed-out” environment department has left in doubt key functions including flood protection, pollution, and food production,farming and animal welfare, a committee of MPs has found.
Funding for the Department of Environment, or Food and Rural Affairs is to be carve by 15% over the next four years. This comes on top of much deeper cuts - of about a quarter of its budget - under the previous coalition government. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com