With a twenty billion pound spending increase in the NHS, many ministers are quietly seething at the latest Treasury warning of ‘no more money left’ for other departments. Gavin Williamson wants an extra £20 billion for Defence, and is allegedly threatening to bring down the Prime Minister if he isn’t given it. Now another minister is preparing to go into bat for his department.
One such Minister is Michael Gove. With the first Agriculture Bill since 1947 likely to come before the Commons before recess, the environment secretary keen to have adequate funding for the bill which is likely to define his stint in Defra.
Whilst the Agriculture Bill will not have any funding directly attached to it, as funding is ring fenced until 2022, the results of the next spending review in 2019 will determine the fate of funding for farmers in the UK, and perhaps Gove’s ministerial legacy in Defra.
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