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EXCLUSIVE - Dr Caroline Johnson: "Food production is being deprioritised"

Sleaford and North Hykeham MP Dr Caroline Johnson writes for ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian on how Inheritance Tax changes are impacting farming families and how solar farms are undermining farmers' ability to produce food

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Conservative MP Dr Caroline Johnson said: "A sensible land use strategy would not concentrate solar installations on our most productive farmland."
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Conservative MP Dr Caroline Johnson said: "A sensible land use strategy would not concentrate solar installations on our most productive farmland."

As a farmer's wife and MP for a large and rural Lincolnshire constituency, I think British farming, food production and food security are of prime importance. Sadly, this Government's changes to taxation,...

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