Contact your Member of Parliament
How to contact your MP:
Use the search bar above to find your local MP. Tailor the letter below, insert your name, address, and constituency, and send it directly to them. Make sure your email includes your full name and home address — MPs can only respond to constituents, so this is essential.
Dear [MP for X constituency],
I’m writing to you as one of your constituents about something that’s been bothering me for a while — the amount of control Apple and Google have over apps on our phones, and how I think it’s costing ordinary people money.
Right now, if a developer wants to sell an app or anything through it on an iPhone, they have to go through Apple or Google’s App Store. Both companies take up to 30% of every purchase, and they won’t let developers send customers anywhere else to pay — not their own website, nothing. It feels like a tax that ultimately gets passed on to us.
The CMA has been looking into this for years and now actually has the power to do something about it. They could force Apple and Google to allow apps from other stores and let developers use alternative payment systems — without the extra fees they’ve been charging in Europe.
But from what I understand, there’s pressure on the CMA to accept weaker, voluntary arrangements instead, which doesn’t really solve the problem. I think the UK could do really well as a place for tech companies and startups to grow — but not if we let big American companies write the rules in their own favour and squeeze out smaller developers in the process.
I’d appreciate it if you could raise this in Parliament or write to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. The CMA should be pushing for proper, binding rules here — not a watered-down compromise.
Thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]