In fact, Fairtrade is a voluntary model of trade that brings consumers and companies together to offer organisations, that represent small farmers and hired labour, a price for their produce that covers the cost of sustainable production and provides a sustainable livelihood.

ECONOMIST: Organic matter

In 2010, the coalition sacked Raytheon, the US company hired by Labour to deliver e-borders, over its "extremely disappointing" performance.

BBC: Crowd of shoppers

Former Labour PM Gordon Brown hired an ex-BBC producer to help ensure he wasn't photographed in a bad light, but it's not always that simple and press photographers are by nature a creative bunch.

BBC: Picturing our politicians

Stephen Hester was hired as chief executive by the previous Labour government to cut the bank's colossal debts.

ECONOMIST: The coalition��s performance

Many older people were lost to the labour force for ever, at the state's expense, and few young people were hired to replace them.

ECONOMIST: The crunch may entrench unemployment