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Ann Davies on IHT reform: 'Farming is in the soul, it is not just a trading issue'

The Plaid Cymru MP and tenant dairy farmer Ann Davies said there was 'train of people' in West Wales buying land for trees, carbon offsetting and solar and wind farms

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For those who have lived and worked the land all their life, farming is something that is within the soul, it is not just a trading issue. Westminster debate That was the message from Ann Davies,...

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