Town hall bosses have signed a pledge to set the highest standard when buying wood.

By backing the WWF What Wood You Choose? campaign, Brighton and Hove City Council will ensure that all timber products it buys, from doors to paper, do not come from illegal sources.

The local authority was recently one of only 16 of 443 councils to get the highest score on a national survey about timber procurement policies.

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