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Audit Wales report sparks concerns over Welsh Gov RDP funding

A damning report on Wales’ Rural Development Programme (RDP) by the Wales Audit Office (WAO) has sparked concerns, after it found Welsh Government granted £68m in funding without ‘robust justification’.

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Audit Wales report sparks concerns over Welsh Gov RDP funding

Calling for a full independent review of the RDP, NFU Cymru president John Davies echoed this and said the latest WAO report confirmed Welsh farmers had been placed at a ‘competitive disadvantage'. He...

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