UK environment ministers at odds over Brexit impact on farming

George Eustice tells NFU conference that leaving the EU would mean 2bn for farming and the environment, while Liz Truss backs campaign to stay

Leaving the European Union would pay an 18bn a year "Brexit dividend" which would allow the UK to spend 2bn on farming and the environment, farming minister, George Eustice, has said.

Eustice sought to reassure farmers at the National Farmers' Union (NFU) annual conference that "without a shadow of doubt" they would continue to receive the subsidies for farming and environmental measures from an independent UK as they are currently paid through the EU's agriculture policy.