I am glad to see that Brent has been recertified as a Fairtrade Borough. The original Certification took place only after years of campaigning, in which my colleague Cllr Janice Long was prominent. She helped ensure that attaining Fairtrade status was a pledge in the Labour manifesto, and got included in the Corporate Strategy. The previous Tory/Liberal Democrat administration made a half hearted application in 2008, but basically gave up after that was refused. Indeed the Tories always came across as negative about the whole idea.
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