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Borders farmers 'frustrated' by CAP payment wait

Credit: ITV Border

An MSP says farmers in the Borders continue to be frustrated as many are still waiting for CAP payments, eight months after they were due to receive them.

Support payments to farmers have faced delays in being paid due to problems with the Scottish Government’s new IT system for farm payments.

John Lamont says he received this clear message as he spoke to many local residents at the Border Union Show, where he also met with representatives from NFU Scotland, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Scottish Borders Business Forum.

Farmers in the Borders are due over £50 million in funding, which they usually receive in December and this delay is harming their businesses and other local businesses which rely on the agricultural sector.

With applications for next year due to open soon, there is real and justified concern that this problem is just going to get worse."

– John Lamont MSP