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Posted: 08 July 2024
ANALYSIS: The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act represents one of the biggest changes to consumer law in years. This assessment examines its development, new enforcement powers and what the legislation will mean in practice for Trading Standards.
Posted: 23 May 2024
UPDATES: Following the announcement of the General Election, CTSI outlines the consumer protection priorities it wants the next government to address, from enforcement powers to product safety and fair markets.
Posted: 24 January 2024
OPINION: Ambitious tobacco control proposals promise long-term public health benefits, but achieving a smoke-free generation will depend on sustained commitment, effective enforcement and lasting behavioural change.
Posted: 07 September 2023
UPDATES: The Government has launched a consultation designed to help improve transparency, fairness and clarity for shoppers following the publication of...
Posted: 01 August 2023
UPDATES: The Government has reversed plans to phase out CE marking, confirming that UKCA and CE markings can continue to be used in Great Britain and providing businesses with greater regulatory certainty.
Posted: 05 July 2023
ANALYSIS: Yvonne Fovargue began her career as a Housing Officer in the Moss Side area of Manchester in the early 1980s and went on to work at the then-Citizens Advice Bureau in St Helens before entering...
Posted: 04 July 2023
ANALYSIS: Lawyers will always find new and inventive ways to argue their clients’ causes. Sometimes they will win. That said, for a prosecution to fail because of an unforced error on the part of the prosecutor...
Posted: 04 July 2023
OPINION: CTSI’s policy work on vaping has pushed underage sales, illicit products and enforcement pressures up the national agenda, securing media attention and stronger government engagement on a growing frontline concern.
Posted: 11 May 2023
UPDATES: CTSI welcomes the Government's decision to abandon the Retained EU Law sunset clause, while warning that hundreds of laws still require scrutiny to ensure vital consumer protections are not lost.
Posted: 07 February 2023
UPDATES: Trading Standards and consumer rights were in the spotlight yesterday evening (6 February) in the House of Lords...
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