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HS2 compulsory purchases are 'grossly unfair'
MPs have been urged to implement specific protections for rural landowners and businesses in a two-day evidence session held by MPs scrutinising HS2…
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UK's stately home owners 'live in fuel poverty'
As winter arrives, stories of fuel poverty once more hit the headlines highlighting the plight of pensioners, low-income households and those on…
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HS2 landowners must have compensation, NFU warns
Landowners and farmers affected by HS2 must receive acceptable compensation and appropriate accommodation works must be put in place, the NFU will…
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Prince Charles warns us to value the countryside
Prince Charles writes in a forward to Country Life this week that it’s imperative to value what the countryside provides and support the people who…
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Worcestershire farmland to be let on two-year farm business tenancy
A viewing day is being arranged for farmers interested in renting 133.5 acres of arable and grass land on a Worcestershire farm on a two-year farm…
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Landowners discouraged by 'ill-thought policy', says CLA
The right of communities to bid for so-called 'assets of community value', such as sports fields or village halls, must also be fair to the landowner…
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Think twice about sky lanters, NFU warns
The NFU is reminding the public of the risks associated with sky lanterns, and urging them to think twice about releasing them into the air. Over the…
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Sideways loss rules are 'flexible' says tax tribunal
Farmers Mr and Mrs French have been successful in their appeal against Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to the First Tier Tribunal with…
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Holiday pay ruling 'will affect rural businesses'
Farming and estate business that rely on their staff to work overtime could be affected to some degree by the Employment Tribunal’s ruling yesterday…
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Spending on flood defences has reduced, report claims
Today the National Audit Office has published its 2014 report on flood defence spending. The report claims the underlying spending on flood defences…
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