Reaction to EU Budget deal

Nigel Miller: "This gives us some long-awaited certainty that a CAP deal may be reached under the Irish Presidency, which is more in tune with Scotland’s priorities than many other Member States would be.

The NFU has given its reaction after a cut to the EU’s long term budget for 2014-20 was agreed by the Heads of Government for the first time in history. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will also be reduced.

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