They've only gone and done it! Lord Bew and Boris Johnson – 2 unlikely bedfellows for Scottish agriculture.

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A trade press article that explains the outcome of Lord Bew's independent panel's review of allocations of domestic support funding following the 2014 windfall gain that the UK received as part of the Common Agricultural Policy's 'External Convergence' process.  Insights to the evidence that Andrew and I provided the panel and officials is given and an explanation of why PM Boris Johnson agreed to 'address the historic injustice' and provide Scotland an additional £160m funding on top of the £51.4m the Bew panel recommended as Scotland's share of the convergence funding for the years 2020 and 2021.  Jim Walker sat on the panel as the representative from Scotland