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Britain to plug EU funding gap for farms, colleges

Reading Time: 2 minutes London | Reuters — Britain will fill a gap of as much as 4.5 billion pounds (C$7.5 billion) in funding for agriculture, universities and its regions that will open up when Britain leaves the European Union, finance minister Philip Hammond said. Scientists, farmers and others who got EU funding were facing uncertainty after Britain voted […] Read more

British lawmakers call for more protection for dairy farmers

Reading Time: 2 minutes London | Reuters –– British dairy farmers should be better protected from falls in the price of milk, lawmakers said on Tuesday in a report warning of a crisis which could damage the country’s dairy industry in the long-term. A price war between supermarkets in Britain has led to milk being sold at rock-bottom prices, […] Read more