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'Badgers have moved the goalposts' says Owen Paterson over cull

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson this afternoon claimed that "badgers are moving the goalposts" in the ongoing fight against TB.

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Owen Paterson on BBC Spotlight

The North Shropshire MP was talking to BBC Spotlight about the first cull trial which has been taking place in Somerset when he made the claim.

During the interview, broadcast on BBC One this lunchtime, presenter Justin Leigh asked Mr Paterson MP why he had changed the targets for the cull.

  • Watch an excerpt from the video here