Thread: [Update] The UK votes to leave the EU
View Single Post
Old 03-06-2016, 14:19   #2452
martyh
Guest
 
Location: newcastle upon tyne
Services: Sky Q silver bundle Sky Q 2TB box Sky Q mini box Sky fibre unlimited Sky Talk evenings and week
Posts: n/a
re: [Update] The UK votes to leave the EU
Quote:
Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
What we can be certain of, in the short term, is that we will not be giving £18bn a year to the EU. Some of that saved money would need to be spent to replace money that EU sends back (~£8bn), for example to farmers, but we would then be in control of that spending and could probably target it better whilst reducing it.

Either way there's £10bn in the pot for HMG to spend as they see fit.
isn't it the case though that farming is subsidised in the UK so heavily because we are in Europe? I'm fairly sure that one of the biggest changes should we leave would be to farmers and the way crops are grown and distributed throughout Europe .