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Cuts to already beleaguered Trading Standards services are a very real prospect
Posted 15 January 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Inside Trading Standards|National
ANALYSIS: Mounting deficits, Section 114 notices and shrinking budgets are pushing councils towards financial crisis. What does this mean for Trading Standards services, statutory responsibilities and the future of local consumer protection?
When Birmingham City Council issued a Section 114 notice in September, effectively declaring bankruptcy, and handed over control to government-appointed commissioners, it laid bare the deep-seated problems facing many local authorities. Numerous other councils have made similarly worrying announcements, including Nottingham, Thurrock, Croydon, Woking, Somerset, and West Berkshire, ranging from ...
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