On the High Street, competition law creates a competitive market by ensuring a range of different suppliers, fostering competition based on price, avoiding monopolies and probing vertical integration in the supply chain (for example, supermarkets owning dairies).
But there are other models for preserving the consumer interest which recognise that certain areas of our national life have specific characteristics that require a different approach.
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