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From Rural Payments Agency (RPA)
  • RPA helps farmers by providing guidance on greening rules 2016

    Updated guidance on EU greening rules has been published

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Single helpline for farming advice

    From 30 September, farmers will have a single phone number to call for questions to the Rural Payments Agency or the Animal and Plant Health Agency.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Bristol shopkeeper fined for rotten fruit and vegetables offences

    Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate investigation finds quality defects and labelling offences in fruit and veg

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  • Environment Secretary calls for fewer inspections to make CAP simpler for farmers

    The Environment Secretary calls for more CAP simplifications for farmers from the EU Agriculture Commissioner.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Basic Payment Scheme claims window closes

    More than 88,000 BPS applications received as of 9 July. Rural Payments Agency is now focussed on validating and verifying claims to make sure of prompt payments in December.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Final call for Basic Payment Scheme claims

    Deadline for applications for Basic Payment Scheme 2015 is midnight on 10 July

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • North London shopkeeper fined for rotten fruit and vegetables offences

    HMI investigation finds quality defects and labelling offences in fruit and veg

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  • BPS 2015 closes in 10 days warns RPA

    With just 10 days to go until Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2015 closes for all applications, the Rural Payments Agency has received 87,315 applications – 478 of them in the penalty period.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • RPA support for late BPS applications

    The Rural Payments Agency continues to support farmers with late Basic Payment Scheme applications

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • 84,500 meet BPS deadline

    84,500 farmers made their Basic Payment Scheme application by the deadline - there is still time to apply but there will be a penalty.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • BPS claims near 80,000

    Last night as only a few hours remained until the midnight Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) deadline for claiming without penalties, 80,000 claims had been received by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • RPA gears up to receive last minute BPS claims

    With three days to go until the June 15 deadline for BPS 2015, the RPA is urging those farmers who have yet to claim to do so.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Tips for Basic Payment Scheme application forms

    With less than a week to go to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claim deadline, here are some more top tips on getting your application right…

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Drop-in centre opening hours extended ahead of BPS deadline

    Ahead of the 15 June BPS deadline, the Rural Payments Agency has extended the opening hours at most of its drop-in centres.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • More than half of BPS 2015 claims submitted as deadline approaches

    With two weeks remaining until the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) deadline, over 50 percent of completed applications have now been received by the RPA

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • BPS 2015 - 3 weeks to apply

    Latest details of support available for BPS 2015 as deadline approaches.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Bradford shopkeeper fined for selling rotten fruit and vegetables

    Sentence follows an investigation by the Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • BPS 2015 update

    RPA has now received almost 20,000 BPS applications

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  • Latest information on applying for Basic Payment Scheme 2015

    Latest news on applications for Basic Payment Scheme 2015.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RPA announces more detail on how to claim for BPS 2015

    Pre-populated BP5 claim forms will start to be sent out next week by e-mail

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