Farmers face a brutal blow as the Labour Government pushes through plans that could see them forced to sell fields for a fraction of their true worth to make way for new homes and hospitals. Under Labour’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill, councils will get sweeping powers to seize land via compulsory purchase orders – but here’s the kicker: they’ll only have to pay … Continue reading Labour’s Rural Robbery: Farmers to be forced to give up fields to councils in latest attack on countryside