{"id":22213,"date":"2016-08-08T00:33:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T17:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/trading-standards-institute-consumers-are-no-longer-protected\/"},"modified":"2016-08-08T01:07:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T18:07:38","slug":"trading-standards-institute-consumers-are-no-longer-protected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/trading-standards-institute-consumers-are-no-longer-protected\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading standards institute: consumers are no longer protected"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt has emerged that the local government budget for policing rogue traders has fallen to just \u00a31.99 a year per citizenTrading standards officers have accused the government of failing to protect consumers after it emerged that the local council budget for policing rogue traders has fallen to just \u00a31.99 a year per citizen. Related: Trading standards to investigate \u2018fake\u2019 British farm brands Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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