Defra breached law when it let farmers use bee-killing pesticide, watchdog says

The UK government broke environmental law when it approved bee-killing pesticides for emergency use, according to a new watchdog report. The Office for Environmental Protection found that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs improperly authorized a banned neonicotinoid pesticide on sugar beet crops in twenty twenty-three and twenty twenty-four. The ruling highlights ongoing friction between agricultural demands and environmental protection in Britain.

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