I was gobsmacked at the bill presented by the UK Environment Agency for the relocation of a badger sett.

The operation to relocate the badger sett in Spilsby Road, Lincolnshire was required as part of flood relief works. The bill? A cool £313,000 (€347,528).

The job required 21 people, an ecologist, £50 worth of peanuts and £240,500 to repair the banks.