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Government to tackle ‘subscription traps’, ban fake reviews and safeguard Christmas savings cash as it unveils new consumer protections

The Government has announced a new set of wide-ranging consumer protection rules which will require Christmas savings clubs to safeguard customers’ money, firms to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and regulators to stamp out “dodgy tactics” used to lure online shoppers, plus much more. But the new rules won’t come into effect for a while yet – and we don’t yet have full detail about how they’ll work.