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UK UK Competition and Markets Authority Source document ↗
United Kingdom UK Competition and Markets Authority Conduct & Consumer ✓ 17 claims 26 Oct 2026

CMA consults on user choice rules for Google search under digital markets regime

The CMA has run a short consultation on a reworked user choice conduct requirement for Google's general search services, the latest step in the strategic market status regime opened in October 2025. The page confirms the consultation window, lists the responses received and identifies the two underlying documents. For search rivals, publishers and AI firms, this sets the shape of how Google must present consumer choices.

  • The CMA consulted on an updated user choice conduct requirement for Google's general search services from 10am on 23 September 2026 to 5pm on 9 October 2026.
  • Google was designated in October 2025 as having strategic market status in general search and search advertising, together termed general search services.
  • The proposal develops a choice architecture requirement first consulted on within a wider conduct requirement package on 28 January 2026.
  • Supporting material comprises a 72-page consultation document and 57 pages of user research on choice screens in search.
  • Responses published on 26 October 2026 came from search rivals, publishers and AI firms including DuckDuckGo, Microsoft, Mozilla, OpenAI, Samsung and Which?, with remaining responses still being processed.
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UK UK Competition and Markets Authority Source document ↗
United Kingdom UK Competition and Markets Authority Governance & Accountability ✓ 20 claims 26 Oct 2026

CMA to review £401.2m Defra subsidy for Canal & River Trust

The CMA's Subsidy Advice Unit has opened a referral into a proposed £401.2 million Defra subsidy to the Canal & River Trust, covering 2027 to 2037. This briefing covers the administrative timetable, the subsidy's structure and policy objectives, and how interested parties can make submissions.

  • The proposed subsidy totals £401.2 million, paid to the CRT over the period 2027 to 2037.
  • The initial grant in 2027 to 2028 is £49.99 million, tapering downwards by 5% each subsequent year to £31.51 million in nominal terms by 2036 to 2037.
  • Third-party submissions on the Assessment of Compliance are due by 19 October 2026.
  • The SAU's report to Defra is due for publication on 16 November 2026, within a 30 working day reporting period that began on 6 October 2026.
  • The CRT manages around 2,000 miles of inland waterways across England and Wales and employs around 1,600 people.
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UK UK Competition and Markets Authority Source document ↗
United Kingdom UK Competition and Markets Authority Governance & Accountability ✓ 16 claims 21 Oct 2026

CMA subsidy unit reports on £350m chemicals resilience fund scheme

The CMA's Subsidy Advice Unit has completed its advisory report on a proposed £350 million government subsidy scheme for the UK chemicals sector. This item covers the scheme's structure, funding terms and the SAU's review timetable, relevant to firms in chemicals, critical infrastructure and supply chain sectors watching subsidy design precedent.

  • The SAU completed its report within 30 working days of accepting BIST's request on 10 September 2026, publishing its final advice on 21 October 2026.
  • The Critical Chemicals Resilience Fund has an overall budget of £350 million, available until the end of March 2030.
  • Successful applicants could receive up to 50% of eligible costs for projects that improve resilience and competitiveness.
  • Eligible companies have already been identified by BIST and ratified by a panel of industry experts, ahead of the fund opening to applications in autumn.
  • Applicants must submit a business case covering the resilience challenge, proposed investments, delivery arrangements and evidence of additionality and value for money.
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UK UK Competition and Markets Authority Source document ↗
United Kingdom UK Competition and Markets Authority AI, Technology & Data ✓ 14 claims 20 Oct 2026

CMA consults on forcing Apple to open iPhone NFC access to developers on fair terms

The CMA has published a provisional conduct requirement that would compel Apple to give developers access to NFC technology on iOS on fair, reasonable, transparent and non-discriminatory terms. The 147-page consultation sets out the regulator's assessment of effectiveness and proportionality and runs for under a month. It also assures respondents that Apple confidentiality arrangements cannot be used to block participation.

  • The CMA proposes a conduct requirement obliging Apple to provide NFC access on iOS on fair, reasonable, transparent and non-discriminatory terms.
  • The consultation was published on 20 October 2026 and closes at 11:59pm on 17 November 2026.
  • The 147-page consultation document contains the CMA's provisional assessment of the requirement's effectiveness and proportionality.
  • Non-disclosure agreements with Apple should not prevent a party from responding, and Apple has confirmed it will not use other confidentiality provisions to block responses.
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UK UK Competition and Markets Authority Source document ↗
United Kingdom UK Competition and Markets Authority Governance & Accountability ✓ 24 claims 16 Oct 2026

CMA names Cyrus Mehta as new Competition Panel Chair after Coleman's exit

This is the CMA's continuously updated record of who sits on the independent panels that decide phase 2 markets and mergers cases. The latest entries record a change of Panel Chair and a series of member departures and appointments, information firms under CMA scrutiny use to check who will be deciding their case.

  • Cyrus Mehta replaced Martin Coleman as Competition Panel Chair on 18 September 2026, with biographies and interests updated accordingly.
  • Martin Coleman was removed from the panel entirely on 7 October 2026 at the end of his term.
  • Twelve new independent members were added to panel members' biographies and disclosures of interest on 1 September 2026.
  • Susan Hankey and Keith Richards were removed on 23 September 2026, and Juliet Lazarus was removed as a panel member on 9 September 2026, all at end of term or by removal.
  • Inquiry chairs are currently listed as Cyrus Mehta (Panel Chair), Kirstin Baker and Margot Daly.
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