On Friday 6 March 2026, I was informed by representatives of RB Investco Limited that RB Investco Ltd intends to sell its call option to purchase the Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited, owner of the Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers, to the German media company Axel Springer SE. They have...

On Friday 6 March 2026, I was informed by representatives of RB Investco Limited that RB Investco Ltd intends to sell its call option to purchase the Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited, owner of the Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers, to the German media company Axel Springer SE. They have...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:

On Friday 6 March 2026, I was informed by representatives of RB Investco Limited that RB Investco Ltd intends to...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:

On Friday 6 March 2026, I was informed by representatives of RB Investco Limited that RB Investco Ltd intends to...

RB Investco Limited, which previously sought to buy the Telegraph Media Group Holdings (TMGH), is in the process of selling its call option to do so. On 19 February 2026 I gave RB Investco permission to derogate from the pre-existing Public Interest Merger Reference (Telegraph Media Group Limited)...

RB Investco Limited, which previously sought to buy the Telegraph Media Group Holdings (TMGH), is in the process of selling its call option to do so. On 19 February 2026 I gave RB Investco permission to derogate from the pre-existing Public Interest Merger Reference (Telegraph Media Group Limited)...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:

RB Investco Limited, which previously sought to buy the Telegraph Media Group Holdings (TMGH), is in the process of selling...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:

RB Investco Limited, which previously sought to buy the Telegraph Media Group Holdings (TMGH), is in the process of selling...

I wish to update the House on the sale of Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited (TMGH).

On 12 February 2026, I issued a Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN) in relation to the anticipated acquisition of TMGH by the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT).

Last week, on 19 February,...

I wish to update the House on the sale of Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited (TMGH).

On 12 February 2026, I issued a Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN) in relation to the anticipated acquisition of TMGH by the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT).

Last week, on 19 February,...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:

I wish to update the House on the sale of Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited (TMGH).

On 12 February 2026, I...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:

I wish to update the House on the sale of Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited (TMGH).

On 12 February 2026, I...

I wish to update the House on the sale of the Telegraph Media Group. As I noted in my statement on 24 November, under the terms of the Order made in January 2024, transfer of the ownership of the Telegraph Media Group is only permitted with the prior...

I wish to update the House on the sale of the Telegraph Media Group. As I noted in my statement on 24 November, under the terms of the Order made in January 2024, transfer of the ownership of the Telegraph Media Group is only permitted with the prior...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:

I wish to update the House on the sale of the Telegraph Media Group. As I noted in my statement...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:

I wish to update the House on the sale of the Telegraph Media Group. As I noted in my statement...

Lords statement on the proposed acquisition of the Telegraph Media Group by RB Investco Ltd.

Lords statement on the proposed acquisition of the Telegraph Media Group by RB Investco Ltd.

My Lords, we on the Labour Benches are grateful today to the Government for this short Statement, setting out where they are on the future acquisition of the Telegraph Media Group. As the House knows, we have been steadfast in our support for a free and independent press across the...

My Lords, we on the Labour Benches are grateful today to the Government for this short Statement, setting out where they are on the future acquisition of the Telegraph Media Group. As the House knows, we have been steadfast in our support for a free and independent press across the...

My Lords, I had always imagined that the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, was a Telegraph reader.

My Lords, I had always imagined that the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, was a Telegraph reader.

It is the cricket I like.

It is the cricket I like.

Yes, the cricket.

We welcome this Statement. Sometimes I am teased by my colleagues about my membership of the Puttnam committee on the Communications Act 2003, but actually the Puttnam amendment to that Act is the origin of the powers that the Secretary of State has used here. The Puttnam amendment...

Yes, the cricket.

We welcome this Statement. Sometimes I am teased by my colleagues about my membership of the Puttnam committee on the Communications Act 2003, but actually the Puttnam amendment to that Act is the origin of the powers that the Secretary of State has used here. The Puttnam amendment...

My Lords, I should reassure the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Brighton, that the Government do not always agree with the editorial line of the Telegraph either, but that is the point. The independence of the press, holding Governments of all colours to account, is why the Secretary of State...

My Lords, I should reassure the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Brighton, that the Government do not always agree with the editorial line of the Telegraph either, but that is the point. The independence of the press, holding Governments of all colours to account, is why the Secretary of State...

My Lords, I will pick up on the theme of timescales. I am grateful to my noble friend for the answers he has given to the noble Lords, Lord Bassam and Lord McNally, because they cover some of the issues I wanted to ask about. Could my noble friend also...

My Lords, I will pick up on the theme of timescales. I am grateful to my noble friend for the answers he has given to the noble Lords, Lord Bassam and Lord McNally, because they cover some of the issues I wanted to ask about. Could my noble friend also...

Many of the provisions we have made in the digital markets Bill require the Bill to receive Royal Assent, which I hope it will very soon, and they will come into force then. Once that has happened, we will be able to bring forward the measures we have committed to...

Many of the provisions we have made in the digital markets Bill require the Bill to receive Royal Assent, which I hope it will very soon, and they will come into force then. Once that has happened, we will be able to bring forward the measures we have committed to...

My Lords, the questions so far have focused on the intersection between this and the previous regime, which was established, as

noble Lords have already said, by Lord Puttnam and his Enterprise Act—it was not exactly his; it was the House’s Enterprise Act, and it was published by a Government...

My Lords, the questions so far have focused on the intersection between this and the previous regime, which was established, as

noble Lords have already said, by Lord Puttnam and his Enterprise Act—it was not exactly his; it was the House’s Enterprise Act, and it was published by a Government...

The noble Lord’s question gets to the heart of an important distinction: there are newspapers that have websites, there are websites that are news providers, and there are online services that are not principally news providers but from which people increasingly derive their news. It is right that we look...

The noble Lord’s question gets to the heart of an important distinction: there are newspapers that have websites, there are websites that are news providers, and there are online services that are not principally news providers but from which people increasingly derive their news. It is right that we look...

My Lords, it has been a long time since 1855 and the start of the Telegraph at the time of the Crimean War and when David Livingstone found the Victoria Falls. Can the Minister tell us how many owners the Telegraph has had in that time? He may wish to...

My Lords, it has been a long time since 1855 and the start of the Telegraph at the time of the Crimean War and when David Livingstone found the Victoria Falls. Can the Minister tell us how many owners the Telegraph has had in that time? He may wish to...

I will have to write to my noble friend on that and to give a precise number of owners of the Daily Telegraph since 1855, and of the Spectator, which is linked to this and older still. She is right to refer to a number of the foreign owners that...

I will have to write to my noble friend on that and to give a precise number of owners of the Daily Telegraph since 1855, and of the Spectator, which is linked to this and older still. She is right to refer to a number of the foreign owners that...