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Sugar companies look set to top the list of CAP recipients for 2009 (Photo: EUobserver)

UK delays publication of EU farm subsidy details till post-election

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

Britain's civil service has decided to delay the publication of farm subsidy payments until after this Thursday's (6 May) general election. The deadline for publishing the data outlining who received what under the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) was midnight last Friday.

A message on the UK's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) website simply says: "Due to the general election campaign, this website will not be updated with the 2009 figures until after the e...

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Sugar companies look set to top the list of CAP recipients for 2009 (Photo: EUobserver)

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