Responding to Boris Johnson’s comments on the government’s Food Strategy, Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs spokesperson Tim Farron MP said: “Boris Johnson has slashed basic payments for farmers and undercut our world-leading animal welfare standards. His claims to be backing farmers are nothing more than empty words from a prime minister who has consistently broken his promises to rural communities.
“If this Conservative government was serious about supporting British farming, they would scrap their short-sighted plans to cut basic payments to farmers by a fifth this year.
“Voters in Tiverton and Honiton have a chance to speak for farming communities around the country and force Boris Johnson to act instead of taking them for granted.”