Opinion: Is a new broom enough to clean up RPA mess?

As predicted ad nauseam by Agri Brigade, the farming-related column in satirical magazine Private Eye, huge fines are now to be levied by the EU on the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) for its appalling administration of farm subsidies in recent years. With the resignation of the previous chief executive at the beginning of this year, the RPA has desperately been in need of a big shake up to sort out the overwhelming backlog of problems caused by maladministration. Defra has […]