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More than 100 MPs back calls to block controversial sale of Telegraph to UAE-funded firm

Source: PA Archive

As the deadine looms for the government to decide whether the Telegraph should be sold, there was an intervention in parliament this week.

More than 100 MPs made a plea to block the sale of the newspaper to a UAE-funded firm, warning the move threatens to undermine free press in the UK.

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