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Peter Fox: "APR has been retained by past Governments of all colours, so what has changed?"

Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary for Wales, Peter Fox, writes about the Autumn Budget, farmers anxious about changes to Inheritance Tax and Agricultural Property Relief, reduced investment in farming and his concerns for the future of family farming in Wales

Chris Brayford
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Peter Fox, MS for Monmouth, is the Welsh Conservatives' Shadow Rural Secretary and a farmer. He said: "The problem is that Labour do not recognise the profound effect removing APR will have on the countryside, on our food security, especially here in Wales where our country is so dependent on family farms."
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Peter Fox, MS for Monmouth, is the Welsh Conservatives' Shadow Rural Secretary and a farmer. He said: "The problem is that Labour do not recognise the profound effect removing APR will have on the countryside, on our food security, especially here in Wales where our country is so dependent on family farms."

As a farmer and the Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary, I have seen first hand the anxiety and stress Labour's Inheritance Tax changes are having on the farming community across Wales. With the UK Labour...

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