Exclusive: Environment minister seeks to expand definition of prime farmland in drive for productivityMinisters are planning to ban solar farms from most of England’s farmland, the Guardian can reveal.The new environment secretary, Ranil Jayawardena, is understood to oppose solar panels being placed on agricultural land, arguing that it impedes his programme of growth and boosting food production. Continue reading…
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