A Westminster committee is set to probe the UK’s post-Brexit subsidies regime and the role of the competition watchdog post-Brexit. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) committee’s inquiry will look at “the main opportunities and challenges for businesses under the new UK state aid regime” and “whether competition policy…
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This article was originally published on CAPX. The rather boringly named Subsidy Control Bill starts its journey through Parliament today. But in spite of the soporific handle, it does something rather important: it replaces all those clunky, bureaucratic EU subsidy rules with a much simpler, quicker, lighter-touch set of UK…
Read MoreJohn asks the Deputy PM whether the Government will commit to more subsidy transparency along with the faster, simpler and more flexible UK rules the Subsidy Control Bill is set to bring…
Read MoreIn this interview, John explains why the Government risks distorting the economy and encouraging cronyism unless it opens up its new subsidies system to more radical transparency.
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