LoginSeeing red over the 'red tape challenge'
We should not accept any attempts to weaken hard-won consumer protections
Posted 17 December 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Opinion|Enforcement Practice|National
OPINION: Much of everyday life depends on unseen systems of regulation that consumers rarely notice until they fail. This piece argues that dismissing essential protections as 'red tape' risks undermining the safeguards on which society relies.
Most British citizens carry out their day-to-day lives shored up by a set of expectations about how things should be. We expect the food we eat to be safe, the toys we buy our children to be trustworthy, our transport systems to be decent. We expect the things we buy – from sofas to smartphones – to meet certain standards, without us needing to check. There is an expectation that ordinary activ...
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