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Rural Political Agenda, RPA

Presented by Charlotte Smith. There are calls for honesty from the government over the Rural Payments Agency computer problems.

Labour MP and shadow secretary of state for the Environment Maria Eagle calls for more honesty from the government over the future of the sidelined new Rural Payments Scheme. She wants to know when the system will be working, or whether it might be scrapped altogether. Anne McIntosh is the Chairperson of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs committee. They'll be questioning both the Rural Payments Agency and DEFRA ministers on Wednesday about the RPA's computer problems. Anne says it's a good time to rethink how the government roll out future IT systems when there are still gaps in England's broadband coverage. 成人快手 Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones tells Charlotte Smith that the government has run in to some big problems before with this sort of roll out. All week Farming Today will be talking to the main political parties about their rural priorities ahead of May's general election. Today it's the turn of Dan Rogerson from the Liberal Democrats. Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced in Bristol by Ruth Sanderson.

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Mon 23 Mar 2015 05:45

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