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AA fined £4.2m over drip pricing in UK driving schools

( April 15, 2026, 06:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The AA has been fined £4.2 million for breaking consumer law and ordered to pay more than £760,000 to refund learner-driver customers in the first financial penalty imposed by the UK antitrust regulator using new enforcement powers. The Competition and Markets Authority said that the action is part of its work to clamp down on an illegal practice known as drip pricing.Statement follows....

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