The Tory government has issued more badger cull licences, overruling DEFRA’s own scientific adviser who says there is “no justification” for doing so, according to leaked documents.
The Labour Party has previously said it would end the badger cull if it wins power. Daniel Zeichner, the shadow farming minister, said last year: “The 2018 Godfray review, the last piece of work done by the government, found that badger culling is not the answer. We’re going to make England bovine TB free by 2038, but with a range of measures that do not include culling.”
Tories ignore scientific advice and expand the badger cull
