{"id":17417,"date":"2025-01-22T15:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/competition-watchdog-role-for-ex-boss-of-amazon-uk-a-slap-in-face-say-unions\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:37:17","slug":"competition-watchdog-role-for-ex-boss-of-amazon-uk-a-slap-in-face-say-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/competition-watchdog-role-for-ex-boss-of-amazon-uk-a-slap-in-face-say-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"Competition watchdog role for ex-boss of Amazon UK \u2018a slap in face\u2019, say unions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Business minister denies government \u2018in pocket of big tech\u2019 after hiring Doug Gurr to chair CMA<\/p>\n

The appointment of a former Amazon boss to lead the UK\u2019s competition watchdog as it launches a wave of investigations into technology firms has been called a \u201cslap in the face to workers\u201d by trade unions and Trumpian by consumer activists.<\/p>\n

The business minister Justin Madders was forced on Wednesday to deny the government was \u201cin the pocket of big tech\u201d after it hired Doug Gurr, former country manager of Amazon UK and president of Amazon China, to chair the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).<\/p>\n

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\nBusiness minister denies government \u2018in pocket of big tech\u2019 after hiring Doug Gurr to chair CMA
\nThe appointment of a former Amazon boss to lead the UK\u2019s competition watchdog as it launches a wave of investigations into technology firms has been called a \u201cslap in the face to workers\u201d by trade unions and Trumpian by consumer activists.
\nThe business minister Justin Madders was forced on Wednesday to deny the government was \u201cin the pocket of big tech\u201d after it hired Doug Gurr, former country manager of Amazon UK and president of Amazon China, to chair the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Business minister denies government \u2018in pocket of big tech\u2019 after hiring Doug Gurr to chair CMA The appointment of a former Amazon boss to lead the UK\u2019s competition watchdog as it launches a wave of investigations into technology firms has been called a \u201cslap in the face to workers\u201d by trade unions and Trumpian by …<\/p>\n

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