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Crackdown on trade boycott is 'anti-localist'

Stripping councils of the right to boycott trade with organisations or countries on ethical grounds is ‘fundamentally wrong’, a senior MP has said.

By Sam Clayden | 04 January 2016

Stripping councils of the right to boycott trade with organisations or countries on ethical grounds is ‘fundamentally wrong', a senior MP has said. 

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has announced plans to crack down on local authorities that divest from trading with certain nations or companies. 

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