UK Government response to the Review of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 and Public Consultation

The UK government has published its response to the review of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 and public consultation on 15 July 2025.  The response can be found here:  UK Internal Market Act 2020: review and consultation - GOV.UK

The main outcomes of this review are that the government will:

• implement UK Internal Market Act exclusions that have been agreed by all governments within a Common Framework;

• alongside economic impacts, now consider in particular environmental protection and public health in UK Internal Market Act exclusions;

• establish a Minimum Economic Impact process for considering smaller exclusions, and implement them where all governments agree the exclusion has an economic impact of less than £10 million a year;

• implement a “reserve” exclusions process where it has not been possible for all four governments to reach agreement on an exclusion;

• work with the devolved governments to agree processes for how all four governments engage with businesses and other stakeholders on matters being discussed in Common Frameworks; and

• work with the devolved governments to agree a process for all four governments to jointly refer UK internal market matters for advice to the Office for the Internal Market.