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Office for National Statistics announces CPI increase of 6.7 per cent
United Kingdom | Publication | October 2023
On October 18, 2023, the ONS announced that the Consumer Prices Index had risen by 6.7 per cent in the 12 months to September 2023. This is the figure by which SERPS and S2P should rise next April.
Average weekly earnings have risen by 8.5 per cent. If the triple lock continues to apply, the Basic State Pension and the Single Tier State Pension should increase by 8.5 per cent, as it is higher than the CPI figure and 2.5 per cent.
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The GCR Guide to Life Sciences – Product denigration
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The GCR Guide to Life Sciences – Merger control: Procedural issues
Miranda Cole, Julien Haverals and Emma Clarke of our Brussels/ London offices are the authors of a chapter on procedural issues in merger control that has been published in the third edition of the Global Competition Review’s The Guide to Life Sciences. This covers a number of significant procedural developments that have affected merger review of life sciences transactions.
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