The lobbying behind a bee-killing pesticide

A new investigation into neonicotinoids should be an opportunity to lift the lid on a secretive lobbying operation - will it be taken?

There’s been a lot going on this week. That’s why I’m writing to you today about a story that has less attention than I think it should: the news that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is being investigated by the environmental watchdog after Conservative ministers authorised a bee-killing pesticide that was banned by the EU.

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