Anger at bonus for officials

Shropshire farmers should be "furious" about Defra officials bagging more than £7 million in bonuses over the past two years, politicians said today. Shropshire farmers should be "furious" about Defra officials bagging more than £7 million in bonuses over the past two years, politicians said today. County Liberal Democrats have roundly condemned the huge bonuses despite a series of failures at Defra that prompted a £200 million budget cut. Bridgnorth and Ludlow Lib Dem candidate Matthew Green said the farm payout system had been a shambles and it was a disgrace that staff were being given bonuses. "Shropshire farmers must be furious and rightly so," he said. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star