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United Kingdom: Announced Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill

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Announced Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill

On 17 November 2022, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer announced, as part of the Autumn Statement presented to the Parliament, that the government will bring forward the “Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill” in the third Parliamentary se…

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…