Reform UK council backs release of beavers amid party row over rewilding

The Labour government announced last year that a change in the law would allow beavers to be licensed for release into the wild in England. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian

A Reform UK council has backed the release of wild beavers into the countryside, despite the party’s opposition to rewilding.

The Reform-led Leicestershire county council has backed the release of the rodents as part of efforts to reduce flooding.