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CTSI has urged Enfield Council to reconsider plans to cut its Trading Standards service
Posted 08 June 2023 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Inside Trading Standards|London
UPDATES: CTSI has condemned plans to reduce Enfield's Trading Standards team to a single officer, warning that the cuts threaten consumer protection, undermine enforcement across hundreds of legal duties and come despite the service's recent prosecution successes.
CTSI has condemned Enfield Council’s decision to drastically pare back its Trading Standards team, which could make the borough the first in the country without a functioning Trading Standards service from autumn this year.
The decision will leave the 330,000 residents of the borough vulnerable to exploitation by scammers, rogues and unlawful business practices, with no capacity to enforc...
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