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Caron Lindsay

Jo Swinson has good news for consumers

By Caron Lindsay | Thu 13th June 2013 - 12:00 pm

jo swinsonWay back in May, Stephen Tall made Jo Swinson his 36th Liberal Hero of the week for her plans to make consumer rights more wide-ranging and easier to understand. She published her draft bill yesterday. The measures within it include:

  • a service to be re-performed or some money back, eg if 25 out of 100 photos of an event are substandard, you would get 25% of your money back;
  • rights over digital content, eg a streamed movie that keeps freezing;
  • a clear 30 days to return faulty, non perishable

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