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We take
the lead within the Government on consumer and
competition policy. Our mission is to
deliver a competitive framework for the growth of
successful businesses and a fair deal for
consumers. We want to help UK consumers and
businesses enjoy more choice, better service,
safer products and competitive prices.
Our web pages
provide information on a wide variety of consumer
policy and competition policy issues. The key
entry point is our Topics page, or try our A-Z
Index
or the relevant Fact Sheet.
The DTI cannot
provide any advice on individual
consumer or competition problems
or complaints, or interpret
legislation in individual cases.
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complaints should be taken to
local Citizens
Advice, local Trading
Standards Departments or the Office of
Fair Trading. Our Fact
Sheets, and the DTI 's
award winning Consumer
Gateway website can help
consumers find the appropriate
body to deal with their problem.
Trading
Standards Departments sponsor the
"Rip-Off
Tip-Off" website,
designed to let consumers report,
anonymously, traders who they
think are ripping people off.
As
part of its drive to increase
justice for ordinary people, the
Government has set up a Community
Legal Service (CLS).
The CLS aims to ensure that
people can get information and
help about their legal rights and
understand how to enforce them.
Competition
complaints should be taken to
the Office of
Fair Trading.
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  Fact Sheets and Guidance
Notes will be found throughout the site indicated
by buttons like these. Our most popular Fact Sheets
are listed here.
The
need2know web site, targeted at
younger people (13 - 19 years olds), has
information on finance, the law, housing, health,
travel and much more. (Grumpy oldies will find it
informative too!).
 Many
of our publications are in Adobe Acrobat's
Portable Document Format (PDF). To view them you
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