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Digital markets unit at UK’s CMA has shrunk since getting powers to curb Big Tech

By Jon Menon ( March 19, 2026, 12:23 GMT | Insight) -- The UK antitrust regulator’s Digital Markets Unit has seen staffing fall by 16 percent since it gained high-profile legal powers to rein in the largest technology companies, according to figures obtained under freedom of information law. They give a snapshot of the core resourcing of the Competition and Markets Authority's digital markets regime at a time when the watchdog is being criticized for under-powered enforcement.The UK antitrust regulator’s Digital Markets Unit has seen staffing fall by 16 percent since the start of 2025, when it gained much-anticipated powers to rein in the biggest technology companies....

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