United Kingdom: Introduced Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill including consumer protection authority governance

Introduced Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill including consumer protection authority governance

On 25 April 2023, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill was introduced in the UK House of Commons. The Bill would give new powers to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and its Digital Markets Unit to promote and address anti-c…

Scope

Policy Area

Consumer protection

Policy Instrument

Consumer protection authority governance

Regulated Economic Activity

cross-cutting

Implementation Level

national

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

central government

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2022-11-17

under deliberation

On 17 November 2022, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer announced, as part of the Autumn Statement …

2023-04-25

under deliberation

On 25 April 2023, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill was introduced in the UK Hous…

2024-05-23

adopted

On 23 May 2024, the Merger Control and Antitrust Rules in Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer…

2024-05-24

adopted

On 24 May 2024, the Merger Control and Antitrust Rules in Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer…

2025-04-06

in force

On 6 April 2025, the enforcement powers granted to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in t…

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Introduced Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill including consumer protection authority governance

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Complete timeline of this policy change