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A family may lose their farm and home after a trust linked to the wife of Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg tries to make way for solar panels, it has emerged.
The trust, which reportedly lists Helena Rees-Mogg as director, wants to convert at least 130 acres of land in Malton, Yorkshire into a solar farm.
Rob Sturdy, whose family has lived on Eden Farm since 1954, told The Times that the proposal would allow solar panel company Harmony Energy to use 110 acres of his 240-acre farm for the project.
The company is expected to pay landowners £800 to £1,200 per acre each year for utilising the land, but Mr Sturdy, 51, claims the offer is 'nowhere near enough' and would make his farm 'financially unviable.'
Rob Sturdy, pictured with his wife Emma and their children, claims a proposal backed by the trust connected with Helena Rees-Mogg (not pictured) would allow solar panel company Harmony Energy to use 110 acres of his 240-acre farm for the project
The trust, which reportedly lists Helena Rees-Mogg (pictured in January 2019 with her husband MP
