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We’re investigating Ryanair over its practice of charging parents to sit with their children – including those with disabilities – and whether this could be unfair under consumer protection law.
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Competition & Markets Authority
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We promote competition and protect consumers with a clear end goal - economic growth and household prosperity.
- Today we have imposed a new conduct requirement under the UK’s digital markets regime. We’ve secured a fairer deal for UK publishers and improvements to how Google search works in the UK. Find out more: gov.uk/government/new…
- We’ve published a new monitoring update on the road fuel market. Read more:
- The CMA has secured a court-endorsed settlement with mattress firm Emma Sleep after it admitted to using misleading sales tactics. The company has now signed binding commitments to change its behaviour. Read more:
- We welcome the request from the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson to carry out a review into the early years childcare sector. Read our response:
- The CMA is proposing to accept remedies following its investigation into Welltower’s deal to purchase care homes in the UK. Read more: gov.uk/government/new… #Mergers
- We’ve published the findings of our market study into road and rail infrastructure and are recommending concrete actions to drive down costs and drive-up innovation and productivity. Read more:
- We’ve conditionally cleared Getty’s merger with Shutterstock, which can proceed if Shutterstock sells its editorial business. Read more: gov.uk/government/new…
- We’ve launched a strategic market status investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem and set out details of what the investigation will cover: gov.uk/government/new…
- Replying to @CMAgovUK➡️ prices for petrol rose rapidly between February and April – driven by rising wholesale costs ➡️ significant local price differences remain – drivers could save up to £9 a tank by shopping around ➡️ on average, retailer margins were broadly unchanged in March
- The rapid increase in fuel prices caused by the Middle East crisis has been driven by wider cost pressures, in particular higher oil prices, rather than a general increase in fuel margins by fuel retailers. Read more: gov.uk/government/new… Key findings below ⬇️
- The CMA’s investigation of the merger of Vandemoortele and Délifrance is moving to phase 2. Read more: gov.uk/government/new… #mergers
- Replying to @CMAgovUKThis is the first financial penalty we’ve imposed for a breach of consumer law using our new enforcement powers. Where the rules are ignored, we’ll step in to put things right.
