Rich landowners pocketing subsidies

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Some of the wealthiest landowners in the UK are receiving millions of pounds in EU subsidies, an investigation has revealed.

The Panorama investigation showed that in 2010, 47 payments of over a million pounds were made to individuals and business - many already some of the richest in the country - across the UK under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

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