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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Government outlines plans to end use of bee-killing pesticides

A bee collecting pollen (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government has set out plans to end the use of three pesticides that are lethally toxic to bees and other vital pollinators.

Neonicotinoids were banned in the UK in 2018, but have been authorised for emergency use every year in England since 2021.

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