The £4.2m CMA sledgehammer over drip pricing that is totally out of proportion

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There’s a particular kind of institutional vanity that mistakes noise for impact.

It’s particularly prevalent in Whitehall and abundant especially in those – like many in our government today – who have only ever worked in the bureaucratic state or legal profession.

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