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Comment: UK CMA keeps powder dry over funeral-sector pricing controls, but Covid call awaits

By Simon Zekaria ( August 17, 2020, 09:01 GMT | Comment) -- Funeral directors and crematorium providers in the UK have been warned that the Competition and Markets Authority is keeping its powder dry over enforcing price caps across a largely unregulated multibillion-pound sector. Upended by Covid-19, operators will be relieved to have avoided deeper antitrust reform in the near-term, but the CMA’s hard-to-ignore determination to press for change will put nerves on edge.Funeral directors and crematorium providers may be feeling relieved right now that Covid-19 has forced the UK competition agency to shelve potential price regulation, but for now they're not by any means off the hook for price controls....

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