| Link(s): | CMA Annual Plan 2025 to 2026 |
Context
The CMA has published its draft Annual Plan for 2025 to 2026 under a banner of “Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers to Drive Growth, Opportunity, and Prosperity for the UK”. This statement underpins the CMA’s medium-term priorities and its areas of focus.
Key points to note and next actions
The medium-term priorities are:
- People can be confident they are getting great choices and fair deals.
- Competitive, fair-dealing businesses can innovate and thrive.
- The whole UK economy can grow productively and sustainably.
Areas of focus to support these priorities include:
- Implement the new digital markets competition regime
- Act in areas such as drip and dynamic pricing, travel and housing, and in areas where the CMA has previously set expectations for responsible businesses. Evidence of CMA work of this nature is the actions it took against two insurance firms in not meeting the requirements of the CMA’s Private Motor Insurance Order in relation to no claims discount disclosure.
- Complete existing competition investigations.
- Encourage customer choice, investment, and sustained innovation through fair, open, effective competition in emergent markets.
The Plan also includes commentary on how the CMA decides when and where to act, and evolving the way it works.