By Jess Jones A number of tech challengers and startups have urged the government to pass the digital markets bill before the next election to help end Big Tech’s “stranglehold” on the sector. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill, which is currently in passing through the House of Lords, would grant the UK’s competition watchdog greater control over Big Tech firms’s strategies. US tech giants such as Microsoft and Apple have been lobbying for amendments to the bill that would make it easier for them to appeal any of the watchdog’s decisions. They argue that the bill is ac…