Trading Standards Service (TSS) has recently seized over £22,000 worth of fake toys, including Labubu dolls, K Pop Demon Hunters merchandise, ...

Banned sweets from the US, along with crisps and fizzy drinks, were seized from a shop in Leek, Staffordshire following a tip-off from a member of the public Illegal sweets from the US are being found ...

Thousands of pounds worth of Illegal cigarettes, tobacco and drugs have been seized from retailers across Walsall as part of ...

Trading Standards warns people to be vigilant as the number of scams, especially involving fortune tellers and bogus relationships, are rising. The Department of Enterprise estimates NI consumers are ...

In a comprehensive Freedom of Information request into trading standards’ capacity and performance, the consumer champion contacted 187 trading standards services in England, Wales and Scotland - ...

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Councils in England are supposed to contact individuals on "suckers lists" of people likely to fall victim to scams Officials from trading standards say they are struggling to visit people who are ...

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Direct calls from Trading Standards have been issued across the country, with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) warning the public about nicotine pouches. The pouches contain nicotine, ...

Concerns have been raised some councils’ trading standards budgets are now so small that they are unable to take cases to court. Research published today by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute ...

The number of trading standards officers working in Scotland has fallen to a record low. Figures show there are now just 249.97 full-time equivalent (FTE) officers across the country – down more than ...

Officials from trading standards say they are struggling to visit people who are likely to fall victim to scams, because of staff shortages. Details of 86,000 people on so-called "suckers lists" have ...