MPs Raise Alarm Over UAE Takeover of Telegraph, Fearing Foreign Influence Over British Media
• MPs express concern over UAE-backed takeover of Telegraph, warning it could become a "PR arm" of foreign state • Deal would see Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan gain control through company RedBird IMI settling Barclay family’s debts • MPs call for further scrutiny of complex debt deal enabling takeover, demanding investigations before it "turns into a disaster" • Government has launched inquiries through Ofcom and CMA, but MPs say scrutiny should go further to review media ownership rules • Minister says government has powers to investigate but cannot prejudice ongoing inquiries into Telegraph deal