Fairtrade Recertification for Brent

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.