UK to crack down on unlicensed casinos sponsoring football teams
Government to launch consultation after Everton’s deal with Stake.com went ahead amid warnings from Gambling Commissi...
Bank of England handed powers to regulate key tech firms including Amazon and Google
Direct oversight of ‘critical third parties’ such as Oracle and Microsoft given to ensure resilient cyber-defences an...
City regulator urges judges to dismiss larger payout claims in car loans scandal
FCA clashes with consumer group pushing for bigger compensation, alleging lack of transparency and conflict of intere...
Severn Trent spared Ofwat fine after ‘serious’ waterwaste and sewage failures
Regulator found ‘unacceptable’ breaches in water company’s handling of drainage and sewage networkBusiness live – lat...
Virgin Media fined £28m for preventing customers from cancelling contracts
Ofcom levies largest-ever consumer protection fine after finding firm deliberately mishandled millions of phone calls...
Boost City regulator’s powers to help protect UK consumers from AI, says watchdog
FCA’s review into how tech will reshape financial services warns about amplified risks of cyber-crime and fraudBusine...
Big brewers ‘misleading drinkers’ over craft beer credentials, says Camra
Campaign group calls on watchdog to investigate sector amid claims of anti-competitive practices elbowing out indepen...
FCA ordered to partly suspend car finance compensation scheme
Court orders financial watchdog to halt parts of £9.1bn scheme until challenges are heard, delaying payoutsBusiness l...
UK ‘minded’ to intervene in Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
Lisa Nandy to ask regulators to assess mega-merger involving Channel 5, CNN and TNT Sports on grounds of media plural...
UK housebuilders face class action suit over alleged collusion to inflate prices
Law firms seek up to £4.5bn on behalf of 700,000 buyers of new-build homesBusiness live – latest updatesBritain’s big...
UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ on mobile app stores
CMA says developers should be able to steer users away from app stores for payments to increase competitionBusiness l...
Crypto firms operating in UK to be subject to sweeping new rules
City regulator will require booming industry to prove its resilience to risk from October next yearCrypto firms opera...
Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
Exclusive: Telegram urged to clarify how it detects illegal incitement after attacks were coordinated using appTelegr...
Car finance payouts could be delayed by years over legal challenges, says FCA
Complaints-led approach could pile £6bn of extra costs on to lenders, says City watchdogBusiness live – latest update...
Push to regulate UK bailiffs too slow, warns supervisory body
A year after government pledge to regulate sector, ECB criticises ‘lack of visible progress’ and ‘no clear plan’The U...
‘Free of the shackles’: Michael Grade’s GB News defence raises concerns over relaxing of Ofcom rules
Former figures at regulator voice disquiet after series of provocative interviews by recently departed chairRegulator...
What does the UK watchdog’s new Google AI results rule mean for publishers?
Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramificationsT...
What does Andy Burnham mean by more ‘public control’ of water and energy? He is too vague
The Manchester mayor is tapping into deep public frustration over the water industry but at some stage he needs to sa...
Ovo Energy to pay more than £10m over prepayment meter monitoring failings
Regulator finds inadequate monitoring by firm could have exposed vulnerable customers ‘to clear risk of harm’Ovo Ener...
UK media groups given power to opt out of Google AI search summaries
Watchdog says ‘publishers will now have effective tools to prevent content being used to power AI features in search’...
Royal Mail investigated again as almost a quarter of first-class mail arrives late
Latest figures show the company’s delivery performance has worsened compared with the previous yearBusiness live – la...
FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s US, critics fear
Exclusive: MP and campaigners say sensitive citizen and company data could be subject to US disclosure lawsThe UK’s f...