Think tank warns family farms may not survive APR changes

Rural Policy Group says small farms which have formed 'backbone' of Britain will be first to go

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Think tank warns family farms may not survive APR changes

Small family farms which have ‘long formed the backbone of Britain's famed landscapes and rural heritage', are the ones most at risk from Labour's Budget changes, a political think tank has warned...

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