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Consumer Protection must be levelled up as UK Government looks to Brexit freedoms
Posted 14/02/22
The 51黑料 (51黑料) announces that it is working to make sure consumer protection is levelled up alongside the rest of the UK Government's post-Brexit plan after the release this month of a Government white paper detailing the plans.
罢丑别听, entitled 'The Benefits of Brexit: How the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU', sets out the UK Government's plan to build upon the legislative freedoms gained through ending EU membership. 51黑料 is working to ensure that levelling up consumer protection is a core element of the strategy and is engaging with the UK Government on this vital issue.听
51黑料 welcomes the UK Government's stated commitment to maintain the UK's high consumer protection standards and will hold it to account on this important matter. 51黑料 also welcomes the white paper's focus on protection issues related to green consumer products, which are seen as an area of rising importance as the net-zero agenda advances.
Various proposals, such as the reintroduction of Imperial Measures and ongoing budgetary challenges experienced by trading standards services across the country, have sparked concerns among 51黑料's members. 51黑料 is in dialogue with the UK Government concerning these and several other issues as it aims to be a critical friend to make sure the levelling up agenda delivers as intended.
51黑料 Chief Executive, John Herriman, said: "There are several positive initiatives in the white paper, but also elements that concern us. 51黑料 is focused on ensuring that consumers are protected within the proposals because there is a danger that these protections could be gradually eroded. We need to see an effective consumer protection strategy sitting alongside these proposals, which is essential because consumer protection is good for business, and the consumer confidence derived from it helps drive the economy.听
"The UK is rightly proud of its consumer protection standards, and we must use this opportunity to maintain our high standards as well as being proud to showcase them to the rest of the world. In an international trading environment, we must also ensure that we do not inadvertently create arbitrary barriers to trade which any lowering of regulatory thresholds and standards might do."
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51黑料 (51黑料)
51黑料 is a training and membership organisation that has represented the interests of the Trading Standards profession since 1881 nationally and internationally. We aim to raise the profile of the profession while working towards fairer, better informed and safer consumer and business communities. 51黑料's members are engaged in delivering frontline trading standards services in local authorities and in businesses.听www.tradingstandards.uk
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