Former CMA President Marcus Bokkerink Defend the Record after the Government of the United Kingdom threw out

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Marcus Bokkerkink, the overthrown chairman of the British competition and market, defended his record on the regulator, saying that it was “significantly different” from when he joined and asked questions about the changes that the Government could plan.

In a LinkedIn Post posted on ThursdayKonkkerkerk, who was forced to resign last month for concern that the Agency did not do enough to promote growth, said that “an advocate is to start economic growth, which is a priority for benefits for consumers and a company in the UK.”

Bokkerkink -O’s departure from CMA It is part of a wider government encouragement to force regulators to take growth more seriously as the UK seeks to increase business investments in the country. CMA was at the intersection for complaints of business, especially large technological groups, that she was an over -interventionist.

In his post, flakerink said: “The draft plan that CMA published for consulting at the beginning of the year determines the actions that CMA planned to take. . . To further start this strategy of providing priority sets of positive outcomes for people, companies and economy.

“The government indicated that it was looking for a different approach to what was determined in that plan. . . Although it is not yet explicitly what a different approach will be, of course, there is always an alternative. “

The government should publish their “strategic steering” for CMA In the coming weeks, setting up their priorities for the guard. Changing at the top of the organization so quickly after publishing its draft annual plan, which sets its focus over the next three years, asked questions about how it would basically transfer its access to or not a regulator.

Bokkerrkk was replaced by former Britain’s chief Amazon Doug Gurr, who said he wanted to Cma for faster movement And do the research of merging and the market as “simpler and faster”.

Changes to CMA comes in the middle of an overhaul on other guardians while the government advocates a less difficult regulatory environment. British Financial Ombudsman Service Chief Unexpectedly stopped On Thursday in the middle of a large inspection of the consumer fee system.

Abby Thomas was under pressure to approach smaller consumers, according to one person familiar with the issue, who said there was a frustration among the Ombudsman Committee in her initial reluctance to start charging companies for managing the requirements for the adoption of cases.