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All power to the UK competition watchdog’s war on ‘drip pricing’

Competition and Markets Authority on message with PM’s planned purge of hidden fees and add-on charges Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School face investigation The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is on-message with Andy Burnham’s declaration of war on the small – and sometimes not-so-small – hassles and expenses of everyday consumer life created by companies’ underhand and misleading pricing tacti

By Nils Pratley
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19 Aug 2026, 18:01 UTC
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20 Aug 2026, 09:47 UTC
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Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
19 Aug 2026, 17:39 UTC
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No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Nils Pratley
Section
Competition and Markets Authority
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Competition and Markets Authority on message with PM’s planned purge of hidden fees and add-on charges Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School face investigation The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is on-message with Andy Burnham’s declaration of war on the small – and sometimes not-so-small – hassles and expenses of everyday consumer life created by companies’ underhand and misleading pricing tacti
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    All power to the UK competition watchdog’s war on ‘drip pricing’

    Competition and Markets Authority on message with PM’s planned purge of hidden fees and add-on charges Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School face investigation The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is on-message with Andy Burnham’s declaration of war on the small – and sometimes not-so-small – hassles and expenses of everyday consumer life created by companies’ underhand and misleading pricing tacti

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    All power to the UK competition watchdog’s war on ‘drip pricing’

    Competition and Markets Authority on message with PM’s planned purge of hidden fees and add-on charges Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School face investigation The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is on-message with Andy Burnham’s declaration of war on the small – and sometimes not-so-small – hassles and expenses of everyday consumer life created by companies’ underhand and misleading pricing tacti

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    All power to the UK competition watchdog’s war on ‘drip pricing’

    CMA on message with new PM’s planned purge of hidden fees and add-on charges Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School face investigation The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is on-message with Andy Burnham’s declaration of war on the small – and sometimes not-so-small – hassles and expenses of everyday consumer life created by companies’ underhand and misleading pricing tactics. Trainline, Virgin Atla

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#169
Observed
19 Aug 2026, 18:31 UTC
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464,560 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
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