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Possible Regulatory Capture? OFGEM and Keeping Secrets

Jim Riley

28th January 2016

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The concept of regulatory capture is a type of government failure where a regulator fails to protect the interests of the consumer and instead supports behaviour by the firms it regulates.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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