The Government has today announced an end to badger culling - which Boris Johnson's fiancée Carrie Symonds has campaigned against for years.
No new licences will be issued for badger culling after 2022 and all existing permits will not be extended beyond 2028 at the latest, Environment Secretary George Eustice told MPs.
The 'contentious and divisive' cull, introduced in a bid to eradicate bovine TB, has cost around £60million and seen the deaths of approximately 140,000 badgers.
The decision will be seen as a major victory for the Prime Minister's fiancée Ms Symonds, 32, an avowed opponent of the badger cull, and conservation groups.