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Affordable housing projects to receive £100m uplift 09/07/2025 Housebuilders are set to deliver a boost of £100m to affordable housing projects across the UK.
Regulator finds ‘competition concerns’ with Veolia and Suez merger 20/05/2022 A merger of the waste management companies Veolia and Suez could lead to a loss of competition and an increase in costs for local authorities, regulator warns.
Regulator to progress Veolia and Suez investigation 22/12/2021 The competition regulator has announced that it will progress its investigation of the proposed merger between Veolia and Suez to the next stage.
Councils could be allowed to replace ‘poorly performing’ funfairs, Gov says 23/08/2017 The main trade body for funfairs has agreed to change its rules in response to the Government’s claim that they ‘break competition law’.

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