The March issue also takes a closer look at Blackburn with Darwen Council's first digital health hub to help people gain control over health and care services.
William Eichler 08 November Over 20 million illegal products have been detained by local trading standards services in the last year despite Government cuts, a new report has revealed. Trading standards. Matthew Mckeague explains how in Coventry a pioneering new model — known as a Heritage Development Trust — is helping revive historic buildings in the city and take community ownership and asset transfer in an ambitious direction. Legal experts say the cuts have had a chilling effect on the willingness of councils to take on larger, well-funded offenders.
In addition, those prosecutions that are started are much more likely to be resolved with, for example, a caution than would have been the case 10 years ago. Lee Reynolds, of the Cardiff based Apex Chambers, prosecuted one of the largest call-centre frauds tackled by trading standards in the United Kingdom.
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