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Investment needed to 'safeguard' council tenant farms

Importance of tenant farms to rural communities, and the ‘many challenges' tenants faced were highlighted to mid & south Pembrokeshire Labour MP Henry Tufnell at a rent farm visit

Rachael Brown
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Investment needed to 'safeguard' council tenant farms

Local authorities must invest in their council farms and ‘safeguard' them for future farming generations. This was the key message given to Mid & South Pembrokeshire Labour MP Henry Tufnell at a rent farm...

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