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Cunliffe review: what's next for water

Read our new series of papers, where we share our initial thoughts on the future regulation of the sector

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Frontier responds to CMA consultations on a range of reforms to the UK competition regime

Frontier has actively engaged with these CMA consultations, including its ongoing consultation on merger efficiencies.

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UK carbon capture strengths revealed in new Frontier–Clarivate analysis

Our report, co-authored with Clarivate, highlights where the UK already has an edge.

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Advisory Council: economists and business leaders working with Frontier

Linking experience from government, academia and business with the questions clients face.

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From shock to strategy:

Disputes in an era of geopolitical crises

Geopolitical shocks are coming thick and fast. We explain the power of economics to bring certainty to volatile times

Breaking the Cycle:

Landmark healthcare productivity report published

Frontier led on a paper about the potential of tech to contribute to savings and improved outcomes

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Merger Benefits Unit

Meet our new multidisciplinary team focused on developing, assessing and substantiating merger benefits cases.

Merger Benefits Unit

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Revealed: payment scam policies proven to reduce fraud

Our independent evaluation shows the UK's Authorised Push Payment policies benefit consumer protection and fraud loss

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Strategic Spatial Energy Plan: setting direction without fixing the outcome

Delivering the future GB electricity system will require major new generation, storage, demand-side, and network investment. The Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) can play an important role in giving that investment direction and allowing networks to be built ahead of need. But that raises a central question: how can the SSEP guide investment and network build while still allowing competition and market signals to identify the projects, technologies and locations that minimise overall system costs?

October 2026