Yesterday I posted about what the CMA can do to help restore stability and protect its independent decision-making after the replacement of its Chair. Today I want to focus on…
My old friends and colleagues at the CMA could be forgiven for feeling bruised at the moment. They heard the government announce that their Chairman was being replaced. Voluntary redundancies…
In recent years there have been five main criticisms levelled at the CMA about its approach to mergers:
It is more aggressive than other antitrust authorities
It is more hostile…
Today’s launch of the Independent Water Commission is a welcome move from the UK and Welsh governments.
Yes, it will take time to complete its work and to…
As Keir Starmer welcomed business leaders to last week’s investment summit in London, a story appeared in the Financial Times suggesting the new UK government had the country’s economic regulators…
On Monday, people across the globe will remember the first anniversary of the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Except, in practice, it’s going to be a bit more…
A few weeks ago I wrote about John Vickers’ recent defence of consumer welfare as the guiding principle of competition law and policy. Some contrary views to John’s were then…
There is plenty of speculation in the competition community about what the new UK government means for the CMA and its approach to enforcement. Will Labour want the CMA to…
The UK’s independent regulators are again under fire from politicians. The City Minister, Bim Afolami, has criticised ‘overbearing and interfering regulators’ and called for the next government to seek cross-party…