Defra told to find £200m in six months to pay for SFP delivery

The cuts are likely to be borne in large part by the Environment Agency which is expected to cut nearly £15m from flood defences and £9m from environmental protection. Natural England, the new body taking over from the Countryside Agency in October, is to lose £12m from its budget just months before it comes in to operation.

However, agri-environment schemes such as the Entry Level Scheme and Higher Level Scheme are not expected to be affected as funds for these are allocated from the central budget and already committed, commented a DEFRA spokesman.

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Source: FWi

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