Government poised to scrap nature ‘Brexit bonus’ for farmers

Defra accused of all-out attack' on environment by wildlife groups

The government is to scrap the Brexit bonus" which would have paid farmers and landowners to enhance nature, in what wildlife groups are calling an all-out attack" on the environment, the Observer can reveal.

Instead, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) sources disclosed, they are considering paying landowners a yearly set sum for each acre of land they own, which would be similar to the much-maligned EU basic payments scheme of the common agricultural policy.