Take if from the man who made a career out of catching and confronting rogue traders – cuts to trading standards services are serious and pose a direct threat to consumer safety.
During our annual conference last week, journalist and presenter Matt Allwright said that taking money from trading standards is a false economy. Not only do trading standards officers protect consumer’s rights, they also protect legitimate businesses that are forced to compete with rogue traders.
‘Consumers need to have total confidence that what they’re buying is going to do what they need it to do,’ Allwright said in an interview with TSI. He later stated that ‘taking money out of trading standards is a false economy.’
In April, TSI released its Workforce Survey report, which shows cuts to trading standards services in England and Wales will reach an average of 40% over the lifetime of this parliament. Here’s what Allwright has to say about it.
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