LoginWhich? reveals TS ‘postcode lottery’
New research shows significant disparities in TS staffing levels across the country
Posted 05 February 2025 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Inside Trading Standards|National
UPDATES: Consumer group Which? has published a new report on the capacity and performance of Local Authority Trading Standards services which it says exposes ‘shocking differences in staffing levels.
Consumer group Which? has published a new report on the capacity and performance of Local Authority Trading Standards services which it says exposes ‘shocking differences in staffing levels depending on where people live’.
Responses from 187 Trading Standards services in England, Scotland and Wales were gathered through a Freedom of Information request and reveal the extent to which budge...
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