The decision reverses the government’s previous position and is justified by recent new evidence showing neonicotinoids have contaminated the whole landscape and cause damage to colonies of bees.
The Wildlife Trusts have long called for an outright ban on the use of all neonicotinoid ‘neonics’ insecticides. Tweeting his support of the news, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Chief Executive Rob Stoneman said: "Again delighted by evidence based Government decision."
