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We’re already losing agricultural land though, because the wealthy have been buying it up as a tax dodge. A million acres just last year alone.
It’s also inflated agricultural land prices and restricted actual farmers from acquiring land to expand their farms to produce more food.
For all of the noise about farmers having to sell up, the opposite might be true. If wealthy land owners sell up as it’s no longer a viable tax dodge, then land values become affordable again both through their market value and the fact that more supply is available.
which means more farmers can acquire more land for uk food production
