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Heating oil customers to get up to £350 compensation for cancelled orders

Watchdog says about 1,700 people were affected during a price surge triggered by the Middle East crisis

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15

UK regulator mandates that Google should let publishers opt out of AI search

Britain's CMA has imposed new requirements on Google's AI search business – publishers can opt out of appearing in AI results.

TechRadar · Jun 3

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland apologise as users report app and online banking outage – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3

UK competition watchdog to act over Apple and Google’s mobile platforms

CMA intends to force tech firms to make changes after designating them with ‘strategic market status’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2025

Google could be forced to change UK search as watchdog takes steps

CMA proposes tightening regulation, which could lead to site giving users option to choose alternative services

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025

Anas Sarwar calls for investigation into 'exploitative' Scottish youth football rules

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has called for an investigation into “exploitative practices” in Scottish youth football.

The National (Scotland) · Apr 22, 2025

‘We must avoid a chilling effect’: the CMA chief on the UK’s pro-growth shift

Sarah Cardell says role of competition regulator remains the same but it must be wary of perceptions

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2025

Competition watchdog to speed up decisions after UK government pressure

Competition and Markets Authority announces plans for ‘step change’ after government calls for it to be less risk averse

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025

CMA pledges to speed up decisions to support Government growth push

The CMA is among regulators which have faced demands from the Government to help its ambitions to accelerate economic growth.

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

Google to boost fight against fake reviews in deal with competition watchdog

The US tech giant has agreed to new undertakings on tackling fake reviews as part of a deal with the UK’s competition regulator.

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025