Wales' county council farms being sold off at 'alarming rate'

Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies said Ministers did not have a ‘statutory basis to intervene in the sale of land owned by councils

Rachael Brown
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Wales' county council farms being sold off at 'alarming rate'

County council farms in Wales are not just pieces of land, they are the lifeblood of its rural communities which are being sold off at an ‘alarming rate'. Council tenant farmers That was the message...

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