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    100 MPs sign letter backing powers to block sale of Telegraph to UAE-funded firm

    by Cormac Pearson Mar 06, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    More than 100 MPs from five different parties have supported powers to block the sale of the Telegraph to a UAE-funded firm, warning the move threatens to “seriously undermine” free press in the UK.

    A letter signed by the cross-party group of MPs, sent to Culture Secretary, asked Mrs Frazer to accept the amendment to the Digital Markets Bill that was tabled in the House of Lords.

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