Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Shadow Environment Secretary, speaking ahead of the likely end of the Somerset badger cull on the night of Sunday 6 October, said:

“Now the Somerset cull has finished, Ministers need to come clean about what has been happening. Scientists have warned that a botched cull is worse than no cull at all.

“Ministers need to state whether the cull has killed the number of badgers recommended and marksmen have met their licensing conditions. The public has a right to know.”