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Some breaking news for Subsidy Control practitioners - the government has revealed the date on which it plans to increase the referral threshold for subsidies to be reviewed by the CMA from £10m to £25m. If you want to know more, visit - lnkd.in/eWBNfM_V.

The UK’s third #SubsidyControl case will be “New Lottery Company Ltd and Others v The Gambling Commission”. It involves a challenge of a decision to grant £70.21m from lottery funds to Camelot to market and promote the National Lottery and is brought by the Health Lottery group.

Good to see MPs voting to support the assisted dying bill.

Airport subsidies are often challenged under EU State aid law. The UK’s Subsidy Control regime is now being used to challenge an enormous £205m subsidy to Cardiff Airport. An article on the case written with Jonathan Branton can be found at: dwfgroup.com/en/news-and-in… #StateAid

A major moment for those who want the UK to move away from having one of the most centralised systems of government in the western world. Devolution means greater local control, but isn’t a panacea for long term underinvestment.

A 🇫🇮sugary drinks tax is being celebrated by State aid practitioners for being designed in a way that is regarded not to be selective and therefore outside EU State aid law regulation. lexxion.eu/en/stateaidpos…

The FIFA Club World Cup could be a source of embarrassment for the European Commission. 🇶🇦 owned Paris St Germain are still under investigation under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (although there are reports the Commission is trying to quietly drop La Liga’s complaint).

Northern voters want greater devolution due to stories like this. In 2021, Ministers in London secretly cancelled plans to dual part of the A1 in Northumberland & kept it from voters. At this time public funding for transport was £1,182 per Londoner - but £486 per Northerner.

Shouldn’t US taxpayers be questioning the $1.1bn subsidy to Washington’s NFL team? After all, in the UK & EU a 65,000 seater stadium wouldn’t get $1.1bn of public funding. Elon Musk - will the America Party look to implement Subsidy Control laws to stop wasteful public funding?

As predicted, Greater Manchester Combined Authority has defeated a Subsidy Control challenge, brought by rival developer Aubrey Weis, against two loans it planned to offer under an investment fund to Renaker. tinyurl.com #SubsidyControl #News