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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

Culture Secretary intervenes in Daily Mail owner’s £500m Telegraph takeover

The Culture secretary has intervened over the Daily Mail owner’s plan to buy the Telegraph (James Manning/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Culture Secretary has intervened and launched a probe into The Telegraph’s proposed £500 million takeover by the owner of the Daily Mail over competition concerns.

It comes a month after Lisa Nandy had said she was “minded to intervene” on public interest grounds.

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