An investigation by a consumer watchdog has revealed inadequate staffing levels for trading standards in many areas of the United Kingdom. As part of a Freedom of Information request into capacity and ...

A new Which? investigation has exposed a trading standards postcode lottery which has left millions of people exposed to crime, fake and dangerous products, and scams. In a comprehensive Freedom of ...

Trading standards teams across the UK are increasingly deprioritizing investigations into scams, counterfeit goods and other crimes due to limited resources, according to new research by Which? The ...

The haul included more than 10,000 unsafe and non-compliant products, including 800-plus fake Labubu dolls from a local market. Officers also removed 16,455 illegal disposable vapes, along with almost ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The WLGA urges sustained investment in Welsh Trading Standards (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) The Welsh Local Government ...

A total of 28 retailers previously reported by MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) in July for giving misleading information on shoppers’ online returns rights have now corrected their websites following our ...

More than three million illegal vaping products have been seized by Trading Standards officers in south-east England in five years, new figures suggest. The data obtained by the BBC revealed that more ...

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Derbyshire County Council’s trading standards team have noticed that over the past two years there has been a sharp rise in the number of reports involving roofing issues with residents claiming they ...