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'We must reverse the family farm tax', says Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary

"For generations, farming families have served to grow food for us all. They are a service to their country and they are custodians of the countryside"

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Highlands and Islands MSP Tim Eagle said: "These damaging changes could see the end of farming families."
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Highlands and Islands MSP Tim Eagle said: "These damaging changes could see the end of farming families."

Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary Tim Eagle has led a debate in Scottish Parliament urging Labour to reverse the family farm tax. Mr Eagle said changes to taxation on inherited agricultural property and...

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