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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Save the Chelsea bun! Minister's campaign to save the London delicacy from the foreign invaders

A London MP is spearheading a campaign to save the Chelsea bun from being driven to extinction by competition from foreign imports such as the French pain aux raisins and the Portuguese pastel de nata.

Greg Hands, who represents, of course, Chelsea & Fulham and is Minister for London, says the teatime favourite, once on display in virtually every bakery window in the capital, is becoming increasingly hard to find.

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